diff --git a/scripts/runtests.sh b/scripts/runtests.sh
index c86dc61836..30353f5f1a 100755
--- a/scripts/runtests.sh
+++ b/scripts/runtests.sh
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ LANG=C.UTF-8 timeout --foreground 60 \
     --machine-config examples/machines/simple.json \
     --autoinstall examples/autoinstall/hybrid.yaml \
     --dry-run-config examples/dry-run-configs/tpm.yaml \
+    --bootloader uefi \
     --kernel-cmdline autoinstall \
     --source-catalog examples/sources/tpm.yaml
 validate