diff --git a/meta-selftest/wic/test_rawcopy_plugin.wks.in b/meta-selftest/wic/test_rawcopy_plugin.wks.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83be4be914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-selftest/wic/test_rawcopy_plugin.wks.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# short-description: This file is used in oe-selftest wic module to test rawcopy plugin
+
+part /boot --active --source bootimg-pcbios
+part / --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=core-image-minimal-${MACHINE}.ext4" --use-uuid
+
+bootloader  --timeout=0 --append="console=ttyS0,115200n8"
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py
index 4aacd86085..2e22362e42 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py
@@ -681,3 +681,19 @@ part /etc --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --exclude-path bin/ --r
         os.remove(wkspath)
         wicout = glob(self.resultdir + "%s-*direct" % wksname)
         self.assertEqual(0, len(wicout))
+
+    @only_for_arch(['i586', 'i686', 'x86_64'])
+    def test_rawcopy_plugin_qemu(self):
+        """Test rawcopy plugin in qemu"""
+        # build ext4 and wic images
+        for fstype in ("ext4", "wic"):
+            config = 'IMAGE_FSTYPES = "%s"\nWKS_FILE = "test_rawcopy_plugin.wks.in"\n' % fstype
+            self.append_config(config)
+            self.assertEqual(0, bitbake('core-image-minimal').status)
+            self.remove_config(config)
+
+        with runqemu('core-image-minimal', ssh=False, image_fstype='wic') as qemu:
+            cmd = "grep vda. /proc/partitions  |wc -l"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+            self.assertEqual(output, '2')