diff --git a/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py b/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py
index b5b2f0d158..bac2017e18 100755
--- a/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py
+++ b/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from qemu_test import LinuxKernelTest, Asset
 from qemu_test import wait_for_console_pattern
+from qemu_test import exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
 
 class PowernvMachine(LinuxKernelTest):
 
@@ -32,6 +33,17 @@ class PowernvMachine(LinuxKernelTest):
         ('https://github.com/roz3x/qemu/raw/refs/heads/sample-dtb/qemu-powernv11.dtb'),
         'ea1271516264eea1eb58a067a99d0c2ca9528be8dc7d4e46bb2d5ae0d42fc568')
 
+    def shell_exec_command_check_fail(self, command):
+        fail_msg="Fail"
+        self.shell_exec_command(f"export __FAIL_MSG={fail_msg}")
+
+        # If the exit code for the command is non 0, print fail message
+        command = command + " || echo $__FAIL_MSG"
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, command, '#', fail_msg)
+
+    def shell_exec_command(self, command):
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, command, '#', self.panic_message)
+
     def do_test_linux_boot(self, command_line = KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE):
         self.require_accelerator("tcg")
         kernel_path = self.ASSET_KERNEL.fetch()
@@ -76,6 +88,89 @@ class PowernvMachine(LinuxKernelTest):
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, console_pattern, self.panic_message)
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, self.good_message, self.panic_message)
 
+    def test_linux_remote_interrupts(self):
+        self.require_accelerator("tcg")
+        self.set_machine('powernv')
+
+        # Have below setup in this test:
+        # 1. e1000e attached to pcie.6, which is from 7th PHB, belonging to 2nd
+        #    socket (chip 1), in a powernv boot with default 6 PHBs per socket
+        # 2. CPU on 2nd socket (chip 1) disabled
+        # 3. RX IRQ's affinity to chip 2, and TX IRQ's affinity to chip 3
+        #
+        # Then ping is done, to generate interrupts from e1000e which should go
+        # to IRQ server on the remote sockets
+        self.vm.add_args('-smp', '4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1')
+        self.vm.add_args('-netdev', 'user,id=net0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'e1000e,netdev=net0,bus=pcie.6')
+
+        kernel_path = self.ASSET_KERNEL.fetch()
+        rootfs_path = self.ASSET_INITRD.fetch()
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+            '-drive',
+            f'file={rootfs_path},format=raw,if=none,id=drive0,readonly=on',
+            '-append', 'root=/dev/nvme0n1 console=hvc0',
+            '-device', 'nvme,drive=drive0,bus=pcie.2,addr=0x0,serial=1234')
+        self.vm.launch()
+
+        # Wait for boot to complete
+        console_pattern = 'CPU maps initialized for 1 thread per core'
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, console_pattern, self.panic_message)
+        console_pattern = 'smp: Brought up 4 nodes, 4 CPUs'
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, console_pattern, self.panic_message)
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Run /sbin/init as init process',
+                                 self.panic_message)
+
+        # Wait for login prompt and login as root (no password in buildroot)
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'login:', self.panic_message)
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'root', '#', self.panic_message)
+
+        # e1000e is connected to socket 1, disable the CPU on socket 1
+        self.shell_exec_command("echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online")
+        self.shell_exec_command(
+            "export CPU1_STATE=$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online)")
+        self.shell_exec_command_check_fail("[ $CPU1_STATE -eq 0 ]")
+
+        # RX, TX interrupts to chip/cpu 2 & 3 respectively
+        self.shell_exec_command(
+            "export RX_IRQ=$(awk '/eth0-rx/ {print $1}' /proc/interrupts | tr -d ':')")
+        self.shell_exec_command(
+            "export TX_IRQ=$(awk '/eth0-tx/ {print $1}' /proc/interrupts | tr -d ':')")
+        self.shell_exec_command("echo 2 > /proc/irq/$RX_IRQ/smp_affinity_list")
+        self.shell_exec_command("echo 3 > /proc/irq/$TX_IRQ/smp_affinity_list")
+
+        # Capture interrupt counts before generating traffic
+        self.shell_exec_command(
+            "export RX_BEFORE=$(awk '/eth0-rx/ {print $3}' /proc/interrupts)")
+        self.shell_exec_command(
+            "export TX_BEFORE=$(awk '/eth0-tx/ {print $4}' /proc/interrupts)")
+
+        # Wait up to 15 seconds for eth0 link to come up
+        self.shell_exec_command(
+            "c=0; while ! ip addr show eth0 | grep 'inet 10.0.2'; do "
+            "sleep 1; c=$((c+1)); [ $c -gt 15 ] && break; done")
+
+        self.shell_exec_command_check_fail(
+            "ip addr show eth0 | grep 'inet 10.0.2'")
+
+        # Generate network traffic to trigger remote interrupts
+        # Ping QEMU's user-mode network gateway (10.0.2.2)
+        self.shell_exec_command("ping -W2 -c5 10.0.2.2")
+
+        # Show final interrupt counts to verify remote interrupts occurred
+        self.shell_exec_command("cat /proc/interrupts | grep eth0")
+
+        # Verify interrupt counts increased (whether interrupts were delivered)
+        self.shell_exec_command(
+            "export RX_AFTER=$(awk '/eth0-rx/ {print $3}' /proc/interrupts)")
+        self.shell_exec_command(
+            "export TX_AFTER=$(awk '/eth0-tx/ {print $4}' /proc/interrupts)")
+
+        # Check that interrupt counts increased
+        self.shell_exec_command_check_fail("[ $RX_AFTER -gt $RX_BEFORE ]")
+        self.shell_exec_command_check_fail("[ $TX_AFTER -gt $TX_BEFORE ]")
+
     def test_linux_big_boot(self):
         self.set_machine('powernv')
         self.vm.add_args('-smp', '16,threads=4,cores=2,sockets=2')