diff --git a/test/vm.install b/test/vm.install
index 2223b67c6..43687ed7e 100755
--- a/test/vm.install
+++ b/test/vm.install
@@ -35,12 +35,22 @@ if [ "$ID" = "fedora" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# copy images for user podman tests; podman insists on user session
-loginctl enable-linger $(id -u admin)
-for img in quay.io/libpod/busybox quay.io/libpod/alpine quay.io/cockpit/registry:2; do
-    podman save  $img | sudo -i -u admin podman load
-done
-loginctl disable-linger $(id -u admin)
+# HACK HACK
+if [ "$ID" = "ubuntu" ]; then
+	# copy images for user podman tests; podman insists on user session
+	loginctl enable-linger $(id -u admin)
+	for img in quay.io/libpod/busybox quay.io/libpod/alpine quay.io/cockpit/registry:2 k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.5; do
+			podman save  $img | sudo -i -u admin podman load
+	done
+	loginctl disable-linger $(id -u admin)
+else
+	# copy images for user podman tests; podman insists on user session
+	loginctl enable-linger $(id -u admin)
+	for img in quay.io/libpod/busybox quay.io/libpod/alpine quay.io/cockpit/registry:2; do
+			podman save  $img | sudo -i -u admin podman load
+	done
+	loginctl disable-linger $(id -u admin)
+fi
 
 # 15minutes after boot tmp files are removed and podman stores some tmp lock files
 systemctl disable --now systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer