diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c
index 7f325e4753..1c662f86a9 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.c
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ static char *migrate_mem_type_get_opts(MemType type, const char *memory_size)
         backend = g_strdup_printf("-object memory-backend-file,mem-path=%s",
                                   shmem_path);
         break;
+    case MEM_TYPE_MEMFD:
+        backend = g_strdup("-object memory-backend-memfd");
+        break;
     default:
         g_assert_not_reached();
         break;
diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.h b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.h
index 70705725bc..9dec21c344 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration/framework.h
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration/framework.h
@@ -19,8 +19,21 @@
 #define FILE_TEST_MARKER 'X'
 
 typedef enum {
+    /*
+     * Use memory-backend-ram, private mappings
+     */
     MEM_TYPE_ANON,
+    /*
+     * Use shmem file (under /dev/shm), shared mappings
+     */
     MEM_TYPE_SHMEM,
+    /*
+     * Use anonymous memfd, shared mappings.
+     *
+     * NOTE: this is internally almost the same as MEM_TYPE_SHMEM on Linux,
+     * but only anonymously allocated.
+     */
+    MEM_TYPE_MEMFD,
     MEM_TYPE_NUM,
 } MemType;