diff --git a/tests/plugin/insn.c b/tests/plugin/insn.c
index a9a6e41237..c253980ec8 100644
--- a/tests/plugin/insn.c
+++ b/tests/plugin/insn.c
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ static bool do_inline;
 
 static void vcpu_insn_exec_before(unsigned int cpu_index, void *udata)
 {
+    static uint64_t last_pc;
+    uint64_t this_pc = GPOINTER_TO_UINT(udata);
+    if (this_pc == last_pc) {
+        g_autofree gchar *out = g_strdup_printf("detected repeat execution @ 0x%"
+                                                PRIx64 "\n", this_pc);
+        qemu_plugin_outs(out);
+    }
+    last_pc = this_pc;
     insn_count++;
 }
 
@@ -36,8 +44,10 @@ static void vcpu_tb_trans(qemu_plugin_id_t id, struct qemu_plugin_tb *tb)
             qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_insn_exec_inline(
                 insn, QEMU_PLUGIN_INLINE_ADD_U64, &insn_count, 1);
         } else {
+            uint64_t vaddr = qemu_plugin_insn_vaddr(insn);
             qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_insn_exec_cb(
-                insn, vcpu_insn_exec_before, QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_NO_REGS, NULL);
+                insn, vcpu_insn_exec_before, QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_NO_REGS,
+                GUINT_TO_POINTER(vaddr));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.softmmu-target
index 5266f2335a..fa9b1b9f90 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -33,5 +33,15 @@ EXTRA_RUNS+=$(MULTIARCH_RUNS)
 
 memory: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=1
 
+# non-inline runs will trigger the duplicate instruction heuristics in libinsn.so
+run-plugin-%-with-libinsn.so:
+	$(call run-test, $@, \
+	  $(QEMU) -monitor none -display none \
+		  -chardev file$(COMMA)path=$@.out$(COMMA)id=output \
+                  -plugin ../../plugin/libinsn.so$(COMMA)arg=inline \
+	    	  -d plugin -D $*-with-libinsn.so.pout \
+	   	  $(QEMU_OPTS) $*, \
+		  "$* on $(TARGET_NAME)")
+
 # Running
 QEMU_OPTS+=-device isa-debugcon,chardev=output -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x4 -kernel
diff --git a/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.target
index ad187cb2c9..c4a6f91966 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.target
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ else
 SKIP_I386_TESTS+=test-i386-fprem
 endif
 
+# non-inline runs will trigger the duplicate instruction heuristics in libinsn.so
+run-plugin-%-with-libinsn.so:
+	$(call run-test, $@, $(QEMU) $(QEMU_OPTS) \
+	       -plugin ../../plugin/libinsn.so$(COMMA)arg=inline \
+	       -d plugin -D $*-with-libinsn.so.pout $*, \
+		"$* (inline) on $(TARGET_NAME)")
+
 # Update TESTS
 I386_TESTS:=$(filter-out $(SKIP_I386_TESTS), $(ALL_X86_TESTS))
 TESTS=$(MULTIARCH_TESTS) $(I386_TESTS)
diff --git a/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.softmmu-target
index 1bd763f2e6..9896319f0e 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -33,5 +33,15 @@ EXTRA_RUNS+=$(MULTIARCH_RUNS)
 
 memory: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=1
 
+# non-inline runs will trigger the duplicate instruction heuristics in libinsn.so
+run-plugin-%-with-libinsn.so:
+	$(call run-test, $@, \
+	  $(QEMU) -monitor none -display none \
+		  -chardev file$(COMMA)path=$@.out$(COMMA)id=output \
+                  -plugin ../../plugin/libinsn.so$(COMMA)arg=inline \
+	    	  -d plugin -D $*-with-libinsn.so.pout \
+	   	  $(QEMU_OPTS) $*, \
+		  "$* on $(TARGET_NAME)")
+
 # Running
 QEMU_OPTS+=-device isa-debugcon,chardev=output -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x4 -kernel