diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 922b83081..1a7081b5b 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -374,4 +374,46 @@ mod tests {
             Ok(())
         });
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_bzimage_boot() {
+        test_block!(tb, "", {
+            let (disks, _) = prepare_files();
+            let mut workload_path = dirs::home_dir().unwrap();
+            workload_path.push("workloads");
+
+            let mut kernel_path = workload_path.clone();
+            kernel_path.push("bzImage");
+
+            let mut child = Command::new("target/debug/cloud-hypervisor")
+                .args(&["--cpus", "1"])
+                .args(&["--memory", "512"])
+                .args(&["--kernel", kernel_path.to_str().unwrap()])
+                .args(&["--disk", disks[0], disks[1]])
+                .args(&["--net", "tap=,mac=,ip=192.168.2.1,mask=255.255.255.0"])
+                .args(&["--cmdline", "root=PARTUUID=3cb0e0a5-925d-405e-bc55-edf0cec8f10a console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=hvc0 quiet init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-bootchart initcall_debug tsc=reliable no_timer_check noreplace-smp cryptomgr.notests rootfstype=ext4,btrfs,xfs kvm-intel.nested=1 rw"])
+                .spawn()
+                .unwrap();
+
+            thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::new(10, 0));
+
+            aver_eq!(tb, get_cpu_count(), 1);
+            aver!(tb, get_total_memory() > 496_000);
+            aver!(tb, get_entropy() >= 1000);
+            aver_eq!(
+                tb,
+                ssh_command("grep -c PCI-MSI /proc/interrupts")
+                    .trim()
+                    .parse::<u32>()
+                    .unwrap(),
+                8
+            );
+
+            ssh_command("sudo reboot");
+            thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::new(10, 0));
+            let _ = child.kill();
+            let _ = child.wait();
+            Ok(())
+        });
+    }
 }