diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
index 9c9e6edfd5be..cbf5a96f5806 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -1475,3 +1475,7 @@ void intel_guc_submission_disable(struct intel_guc *guc)
 
 	guc_clients_destroy(guc);
 }
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_SELFTEST)
+#include "selftests/intel_guc.c"
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_live_selftests.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_live_selftests.h
index 54a73534b37e..1b750e92dd08 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_live_selftests.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_live_selftests.h
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ selftest(evict, i915_gem_evict_live_selftests)
 selftest(hugepages, i915_gem_huge_page_live_selftests)
 selftest(contexts, i915_gem_context_live_selftests)
 selftest(hangcheck, intel_hangcheck_live_selftests)
+selftest(guc, intel_guc_live_selftest)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_guc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_guc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f10029e18820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_guc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2017 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "../i915_selftest.h"
+
+/* max doorbell number + negative test for each client type */
+#define ATTEMPTS (GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS + GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_NUM)
+
+struct intel_guc_client *clients[ATTEMPTS];
+
+static bool available_dbs(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 priority)
+{
+	unsigned long offset;
+	unsigned long end;
+	u16 id;
+
+	/* first half is used for normal priority, second half for high */
+	offset = 0;
+	end = GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS / 2;
+	if (priority <= GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_HIGH) {
+		offset = end;
+		end += offset;
+	}
+
+	id = find_next_zero_bit(guc->doorbell_bitmap, end, offset);
+	if (id < end)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static int check_all_doorbells(struct intel_guc *guc)
+{
+	u16 db_id;
+
+	pr_info_once("Max number of doorbells: %d", GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS);
+	for (db_id = 0; db_id < GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS; ++db_id) {
+		if (!doorbell_ok(guc, db_id)) {
+			pr_err("doorbell %d, not ok\n", db_id);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Basic client sanity check, handy to validate create_clients.
+ */
+static int validate_client(struct intel_guc_client *client,
+			   int client_priority,
+			   bool is_preempt_client)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = guc_to_i915(client->guc);
+	struct i915_gem_context *ctx_owner = is_preempt_client ?
+			dev_priv->preempt_context : dev_priv->kernel_context;
+
+	if (client->owner != ctx_owner ||
+	    client->engines != INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->ring_mask ||
+	    client->priority != client_priority ||
+	    client->doorbell_id == GUC_DOORBELL_INVALID)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check that guc_init_doorbell_hw is doing what it should.
+ *
+ * During GuC submission enable, we create GuC clients and their doorbells,
+ * but after resetting the microcontroller (resume & gpu reset), these
+ * GuC clients are still around, but the status of their doorbells may be
+ * incorrect. This is the reason behind validating that the doorbells status
+ * expected by the driver matches what the GuC/HW have.
+ */
+static int igt_guc_init_doorbell_hw(void *args)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = args;
+	struct intel_guc *guc;
+	DECLARE_BITMAP(db_bitmap_bk, GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS);
+	int i, err = 0;
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!HAS_GUC(dev_priv));
+	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
+
+	guc = &dev_priv->guc;
+	if (!guc) {
+		pr_err("No guc object!\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	err = check_all_doorbells(guc);
+	if (err)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	/*
+	 * Get rid of clients created during driver load because the test will
+	 * recreate them.
+	 */
+	guc_clients_destroy(guc);
+	if (guc->execbuf_client || guc->preempt_client) {
+		pr_err("guc_clients_destroy lied!\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	err = guc_clients_create(guc);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("Failed to create clients\n");
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	err = validate_client(guc->execbuf_client,
+			      GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_KMD_NORMAL, false);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("execbug client validation failed\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = validate_client(guc->preempt_client,
+			      GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_KMD_HIGH, true);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("preempt client validation failed\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* each client should have received a doorbell during alloc */
+	if (!has_doorbell(guc->execbuf_client) ||
+	    !has_doorbell(guc->preempt_client)) {
+		pr_err("guc_clients_create didn't create doorbells\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Basic test - an attempt to reallocate a valid doorbell to the
+	 * client it is currently assigned should not cause a failure.
+	 */
+	err = guc_init_doorbell_hw(guc);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * Negative test - a client with no doorbell (invalid db id).
+	 * Each client gets a doorbell when it is created, after destroying
+	 * the doorbell, the db id is changed to GUC_DOORBELL_INVALID and the
+	 * firmware will reject any attempt to allocate a doorbell with an
+	 * invalid id (db has to be reserved before allocation).
+	 */
+	destroy_doorbell(guc->execbuf_client);
+	if (has_doorbell(guc->execbuf_client)) {
+		pr_err("destroy db did not work\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = guc_init_doorbell_hw(guc);
+	if (err != -EIO) {
+		pr_err("unexpected (err = %d)", err);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!available_dbs(guc, guc->execbuf_client->priority)) {
+		pr_err("doorbell not available when it should\n");
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* clean after test */
+	err = create_doorbell(guc->execbuf_client);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("recreate doorbell failed\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Negative test - doorbell_bitmap out of sync, will trigger a few of
+	 * WARN_ON(!doorbell_ok(guc, db_id)) but that's ok as long as the
+	 * doorbells from our clients don't fail.
+	 */
+	bitmap_copy(db_bitmap_bk, guc->doorbell_bitmap, GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS);
+	for (i = 0; i < GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS; i++)
+		if (i % 2)
+			test_and_change_bit(i, guc->doorbell_bitmap);
+
+	err = guc_init_doorbell_hw(guc);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("out of sync doorbell caused an error\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* restore 'correct' db bitmap */
+	bitmap_copy(guc->doorbell_bitmap, db_bitmap_bk, GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS);
+	err = guc_init_doorbell_hw(guc);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("restored doorbell caused an error\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	/*
+	 * Leave clean state for other test, plus the driver always destroy the
+	 * clients during unload.
+	 */
+	guc_clients_destroy(guc);
+	guc_clients_create(guc);
+unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create as many clients as number of doorbells. Note that there's already
+ * client(s)/doorbell(s) created during driver load, but this test creates
+ * its own and do not interact with the existing ones.
+ */
+static int igt_guc_doorbells(void *arg)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = arg;
+	struct intel_guc *guc;
+	int i, err = 0;
+	u16 db_id;
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!HAS_GUC(dev_priv));
+	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
+
+	guc = &dev_priv->guc;
+	if (!guc) {
+		pr_err("No guc object!\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	err = check_all_doorbells(guc);
+	if (err)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ATTEMPTS; i++) {
+		clients[i] = guc_client_alloc(dev_priv,
+					      INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->ring_mask,
+					      i % GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_NUM,
+					      dev_priv->kernel_context);
+
+		if (!clients[i]) {
+			pr_err("[%d] No guc client\n", i);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (IS_ERR(clients[i])) {
+			if (PTR_ERR(clients[i]) != -ENOSPC) {
+				pr_err("[%d] unexpected error\n", i);
+				err = PTR_ERR(clients[i]);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			if (available_dbs(guc, i % GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_NUM)) {
+				pr_err("[%d] non-db related alloc fail\n", i);
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			/* expected, ran out of dbs for this client type */
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * The check below is only valid because we keep a doorbell
+		 * assigned during the whole life of the client.
+		 */
+		if (clients[i]->stage_id >= GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS) {
+			pr_err("[%d] more clients than doorbells (%d >= %d)\n",
+			       i, clients[i]->stage_id, GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		err = validate_client(clients[i],
+				      i % GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_NUM, false);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("[%d] client_alloc sanity check failed!\n", i);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		db_id = clients[i]->doorbell_id;
+
+		/*
+		 * Client alloc gives us a doorbell, but we want to exercise
+		 * this ourselves (this resembles guc_init_doorbell_hw)
+		 */
+		destroy_doorbell(clients[i]);
+		if (clients[i]->doorbell_id != GUC_DOORBELL_INVALID) {
+			pr_err("[%d] destroy db did not work!\n", i);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		err = __reserve_doorbell(clients[i]);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("[%d] Failed to reserve a doorbell\n", i);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		__update_doorbell_desc(clients[i], clients[i]->doorbell_id);
+		err = __create_doorbell(clients[i]);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("[%d] Failed to create a doorbell\n", i);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* doorbell id shouldn't change, we are holding the mutex */
+		if (db_id != clients[i]->doorbell_id) {
+			pr_err("[%d] doorbell id changed (%d != %d)\n",
+			       i, db_id, clients[i]->doorbell_id);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		err = check_all_doorbells(guc);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	for (i = 0; i < ATTEMPTS; i++)
+		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(clients[i]))
+			guc_client_free(clients[i]);
+unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int intel_guc_live_selftest(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+	static const struct i915_subtest tests[] = {
+		SUBTEST(igt_guc_init_doorbell_hw),
+		SUBTEST(igt_guc_doorbells),
+	};
+
+	if (!i915_modparams.enable_guc_submission)
+		return 0;
+
+	return i915_subtests(tests, dev_priv);
+}