diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
index d5cb238b0a..45e8ddb7a3 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@
   tags:
     - x86_64
 
+.qemu-ppc64le:
+  extends: .test-jobs-common
+  variables:
+    CONTAINER: debian:bullseye-ppc64le
+    LOGFILE: qemu-smoke-ppc64le.log
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - smoke.serial
+      - '*.log'
+    when: always
+  tags:
+    - x86_64
+
 .xilinx-arm64:
   extends: .test-jobs-common
   variables:
@@ -444,3 +457,10 @@ qemu-smoke-riscv64-gcc:
     - ./automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-riscv64.sh 2>&1 | tee ${LOGFILE}
   needs:
     - archlinux-current-gcc-riscv64-debug
+
+qemu-smoke-ppc64le-pseries-gcc:
+  extends: .qemu-ppc64le
+  script:
+    - ./automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-ppc64le.sh pseries-5.2 2>&1 | tee ${LOGFILE}
+  needs:
+    - debian-bullseye-gcc-ppc64le-debug
diff --git a/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-ppc64le.sh b/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-ppc64le.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..eb55221221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-ppc64le.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+# machine type from first arg passed directly to qemu -M
+machine=$1
+
+# Run the test
+rm -f smoke.serial
+set +e
+
+touch smoke.serial
+
+timeout -k 1 20 \
+qemu-system-ppc64 \
+    -M $machine \
+    -m 2g \
+    -smp 1 \
+    -vga none \
+    -monitor none \
+    -nographic \
+    -serial file:smoke.serial \
+    -kernel binaries/xen
+
+set -e
+(grep -q "Hello, ppc64le!" smoke.serial) || exit 1
+exit 0