diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 2a21a64c5c2..9845b2e5ddb 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 export PATH
 
 LOOKS_LIKE_DEBIAN=$(source /etc/os-release && [[ "$ID" = "debian" || "$ID_LIKE" = "debian" ]] && echo yes)
+LOOKS_LIKE_ARCH=$(source /etc/os-release && [[ "$ID" = "arch" ]] && echo yes)
 KERNEL_VER=${KERNEL_VER-$(uname -r)}
 KERNEL_MODS="/lib/modules/$KERNEL_VER/"
 QEMU_TIMEOUT="${QEMU_TIMEOUT:-infinity}"
@@ -58,11 +59,27 @@ run_qemu() {
             && KERNEL_BIN="/boot/$MACHINE_ID/$KERNEL_VER/linux"
     fi
 
+    if [[ ! "$KERNEL_BIN" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$LOOKS_LIKE_ARCH" ]]; then
+            KERNEL_BIN=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
+        else
+            KERNEL_BIN=/boot/vmlinuz-$KERNEL_VER
+        fi
+    fi
+
     default_fedora_initrd=/boot/initramfs-${KERNEL_VER}.img
     default_debian_initrd=/boot/initrd.img-${KERNEL_VER}
-    [ "$KERNEL_BIN" ] || KERNEL_BIN=/boot/vmlinuz-$KERNEL_VER
-    [ "$INITRD" ]     || { [ -e "$default_fedora_initrd" ] && INITRD=$default_fedora_initrd; }
-    [ "$INITRD" ]     || { [ "$LOOKS_LIKE_DEBIAN" ] && [ -e "$default_debian_initrd" ] && INITRD=$default_debian_initrd; }
+    default_arch_initrd=/boot/initramfs-linux.img
+    if [[ ! "$INITRD" ]]; then
+        if [[ -e "$default_fedora_initrd" ]]; then
+            INITRD="$default_fedora_initrd"
+        elif [[ "$LOOKS_LIKE_DEBIAN" && -e "$default_debian_initrd" ]]; then
+            INITRD="$default_debian_initrd"
+        elif [[ "$LOOKS_LIKE_ARCH" && -e "$default_arch_initrd" ]]; then
+            INITRD="$default_arch_initrd"
+        fi
+    fi
+
     [ "$QEMU_SMP" ]   || QEMU_SMP=1
 
     find_qemu_bin || return 1