diff --git a/qa/ganeti-qa.py b/qa/ganeti-qa.py
index f94746cfae861006c6cf1fcecd00d14d3018748d..c350571f12f54f362dd50024ef1b4ccf7937b7da 100755
--- a/qa/ganeti-qa.py
+++ b/qa/ganeti-qa.py
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ def SetupCluster(rapi_user, rapi_secret):
 
   RunTestIf("node-list", qa_node.TestNodeList)
 
+  # Test listing fields
+  RunTestIf("node-list", qa_node.TestNodeListFields)
+  RunTestIf("instance-list", qa_instance.TestInstanceListFields)
+
   RunTestIf("node-info", qa_node.TestNodeInfo)
 
 
diff --git a/qa/qa_instance.py b/qa/qa_instance.py
index 0b27e115f44a6ca0cd4e6c91211a1cb231c608d4..cb598de9b10284466f7e56dda6bdecdfc6f55c4f 100644
--- a/qa/qa_instance.py
+++ b/qa/qa_instance.py
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ def TestInstanceList():
   qa_utils.GenericQueryTest("gnt-instance", query.INSTANCE_FIELDS.keys())
 
 
+def TestInstanceListFields():
+  """gnt-instance list-fields"""
+  qa_utils.GenericQueryFieldsTest("gnt-instance", query.INSTANCE_FIELDS.keys())
+
+
 def TestInstanceConsole(instance):
   """gnt-instance console"""
   AssertCommand(["gnt-instance", "console", "--show-cmd", instance["name"]])
diff --git a/qa/qa_node.py b/qa/qa_node.py
index ed7c950820e413e52b66d0c68431c91c643d600d..6e3e0a7a6344c3d767ac95d5cec40313018d8d3d 100644
--- a/qa/qa_node.py
+++ b/qa/qa_node.py
@@ -195,3 +195,8 @@ def TestNodeModify(node):
 def TestNodeList():
   """gnt-node list"""
   qa_utils.GenericQueryTest("gnt-node", query.NODE_FIELDS.keys())
+
+
+def TestNodeListFields():
+  """gnt-node list-fields"""
+  qa_utils.GenericQueryFieldsTest("gnt-node", query.NODE_FIELDS.keys())
diff --git a/qa/qa_utils.py b/qa/qa_utils.py
index 112e2cec8c1a9a6a0b1d165de533a3a7eed5fe08..6a8ed18e342c76174ad4cde25e59ff70b07dd9ad 100644
--- a/qa/qa_utils.py
+++ b/qa/qa_utils.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import random
 
 from ganeti import utils
 from ganeti import compat
+from ganeti import constants
 
 import qa_config
 import qa_error
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ def AssertCommand(cmd, fail=False, node=None):
       raise qa_error.Error("Command '%s' on node %s failed, exit code %s" %
                            (cmdstr, nodename, rcode))
 
+  return rcode
+
 
 def GetSSHCommand(node, cmd, strict=True):
   """Builds SSH command to be executed.
@@ -352,6 +355,34 @@ def GenericQueryTest(cmd, fields):
   rnd.shuffle(randnames)
   AssertEqual(namelist_fn(randnames), randnames)
 
+  # Listing unknown items must fail
+  AssertCommand([cmd, "list", "this.name.certainly.does.not.exist"], fail=True)
+
+  # Check exit code for listing unknown field
+  AssertEqual(AssertCommand([cmd, "list", "--output=field/does/not/exist"],
+                            fail=True),
+              constants.EXIT_UNKNOWN_FIELD)
+
+
+def GenericQueryFieldsTest(cmd, fields):
+  master = qa_config.GetMasterNode()
+
+  # Listing fields
+  AssertCommand([cmd, "list-fields"])
+  AssertCommand([cmd, "list-fields"] + fields)
+
+  # Check listed fields (all, must be sorted)
+  realcmd = [cmd, "list-fields", "--separator=|", "--no-headers"]
+  output = GetCommandOutput(master["primary"],
+                            utils.ShellQuoteArgs(realcmd)).splitlines()
+  AssertEqual([line.split("|", 1)[0] for line in output],
+              sorted(fields))
+
+  # Check exit code for listing unknown field
+  AssertEqual(AssertCommand([cmd, "list-fields", "field/does/not/exist"],
+                            fail=True),
+              constants.EXIT_UNKNOWN_FIELD)
+
 
 def _FormatWithColor(text, seq):
   if not seq: