diff --git a/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/config.bu b/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/config.bu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..983be483e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/config.bu
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+variant: fcos
+version: 1.0.0
+passwd:
+  users:
+    - name: usertest
+      shell: "/usr/sbin/nologin"
+      gecos: "user test"
+      system: true
+storage:
+  files:
+    - path: /etc/usertest/config.d/00-dummy-placeholder.toml
+      mode: 0644
+      user:
+        name: "usertest"
+      contents:
+        inline: |
+          # Dummy placeholder
diff --git a/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/config.fcc b/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/config.fcc
deleted file mode 100644
index d42a6d19c4..0000000000
--- a/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/config.fcc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
----
-variant: fcos
-version: 1.0.0
-storage:
-  files:
-    - path: /etc/zincati/config.d/00-dummy-placeholder.toml
-      mode: 0644
-      user:
-        name: "zincati"
-      contents:
-        inline: |
-          # Dummy placeholder
diff --git a/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/data/commonlib.sh b/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/data/commonlib.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..b8dcbdca1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/data/commonlib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../data/commonlib.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/test.sh b/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/test.sh
index 049b0825fe..907db7f17a 100755
--- a/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/test.sh
+++ b/tests/kola/ignition/sysusers/test.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
+## kola:
+##   platforms: qemu
+##   description: Verify file ownership can reference system users.
 
-ok() {
-    echo "ok" "$@"
-}
+set -xeuo pipefail
 
-fatal() {
-    echo "$@" >&2
-    exit 1
-}
+. "$KOLA_EXT_DATA/commonlib.sh"
 
-TARGET="/etc/zincati/config.d/00-dummy-placeholder.toml"
+TARGET="/etc/usertest/config.d/00-dummy-placeholder.toml"
 OWNER=$(stat -c '%U' "${TARGET}")
 
 # make sure the placeholder file is owned by the proper system user.
-if test "${OWNER}" != 'zincati' ; then
+if test "${OWNER}" != 'usertest' ; then
     fatal "unexpected owner of ${TARGET}: ${OWNER}"
 fi
-ok "placeholder file correctly owned by zincati user"
+ok "placeholder file correctly owned by usertest user"