diff --git a/test/stages_tests/zipl/a.json b/test/stages_tests/zipl/a.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ef3fa30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/stages_tests/zipl/a.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "build": {
+    "pipeline": {
+      "stages": [
+        {
+          "name": "org.osbuild.dnf",
+          "options": {
+            "releasever": "30",
+            "basearch": "x86_64",
+            "install_weak_deps": false,
+            "repos": [
+              "sha256:9f596e18f585bee30ac41c11fb11a83ed6b11d5b341c1cb56ca4015d7717cb97"
+            ],
+            "packages": [
+              "dnf"
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "runner": "org.osbuild.fedora30"
+  },
+  "stages": [
+    {
+      "name": "org.osbuild.zipl",
+      "options": {}
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/stages_tests/zipl/b.json b/test/stages_tests/zipl/b.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffa33239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/stages_tests/zipl/b.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "build": {
+    "pipeline": {
+      "stages": [
+        {
+          "name": "org.osbuild.dnf",
+          "options": {
+            "releasever": "30",
+            "basearch": "x86_64",
+            "install_weak_deps": false,
+            "repos": [
+              "sha256:9f596e18f585bee30ac41c11fb11a83ed6b11d5b341c1cb56ca4015d7717cb97"
+            ],
+            "packages": [
+              "dnf"
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "runner": "org.osbuild.fedora30"
+  },
+  "stages": [
+    {
+      "name": "org.osbuild.zipl",
+      "options": {
+        "timeout": 1
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/stages_tests/zipl/diff.json b/test/stages_tests/zipl/diff.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fa4539b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/stages_tests/zipl/diff.json
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+{
+  "added_files": [],
+  "deleted_files": [],
+  "differences": {
+    "/etc/zipl.conf": {
+      "content": [
+        "sha256:516d31e6606c4bc28dfe9f6e3cf6c438f8be22781b7132f6a4b2ea0b3735ab42",
+        "sha256:156c06c8cac3adedea18063ea5a391851f5bc603695cf0cb8c982d3ad857ad6d"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}