diff --git a/test/e2e/vsphere_test.go b/test/e2e/vsphere_test.go
index ed0e08cbb687..f620a5d4b0f0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/vsphere_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/vsphere_test.go
@@ -2519,6 +2519,11 @@ func TestVSphereKubernetes129UbuntuAuthenticatedRegistryMirrorCuratedPackagesSim
 		framework.WithPackageConfig(t, packageBundleURI(v1alpha1.Kube129),
 			EksaPackageControllerHelmChartName, EksaPackageControllerHelmURI,
 			EksaPackageControllerHelmVersion, EksaPackageControllerHelmValues, nil),
+		framework.WithRegistryMirrorOciNamespaces(constants.VSphereProviderName,
+			v1alpha1.OCINamespace{
+				Registry:  "857151390494.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",
+				Namespace: "",
+			}),
 	)
 	runCuratedPackageInstallSimpleFlowRegistryMirror(test)
 }
@@ -2536,6 +2541,11 @@ func TestVSphereKubernetes130UbuntuAuthenticatedRegistryMirrorCuratedPackagesSim
 		framework.WithPackageConfig(t, packageBundleURI(v1alpha1.Kube130),
 			EksaPackageControllerHelmChartName, EksaPackageControllerHelmURI,
 			EksaPackageControllerHelmVersion, EksaPackageControllerHelmValues, nil),
+		framework.WithRegistryMirrorOciNamespaces(constants.VSphereProviderName,
+			v1alpha1.OCINamespace{
+				Registry:  "857151390494.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",
+				Namespace: "",
+			}),
 	)
 	runCuratedPackageInstallSimpleFlowRegistryMirror(test)
 }
diff --git a/test/framework/registry_mirror.go b/test/framework/registry_mirror.go
index c39fcec9efb3..6f3c8c3c307d 100644
--- a/test/framework/registry_mirror.go
+++ b/test/framework/registry_mirror.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func WithRegistryMirrorEndpointAndCert(providerName string) ClusterE2ETestOpt {
 }
 
 // WithRegistryMirrorOciNamespaces sets up e2e for registry mirrors with ocinamespaces.
-func WithRegistryMirrorOciNamespaces(providerName string) ClusterE2ETestOpt {
+func WithRegistryMirrorOciNamespaces(providerName string, optNamespaces ...v1alpha1.OCINamespace) ClusterE2ETestOpt {
 	return func(e *ClusterE2ETest) {
 		var ociNamespaces []v1alpha1.OCINamespace
 
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ func WithRegistryMirrorOciNamespaces(providerName string) ClusterE2ETestOpt {
 			})
 		}
 
+		ociNamespaces = append(ociNamespaces, optNamespaces...)
+
 		setupRegistryMirrorEndpointAndCert(e, providerName, false, ociNamespaces...)
 	}
 }