diff --git a/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel
index 220e81cd549da52a4ca3a91e782222f9d31cdb79..a92c7ff7bcda6f40916e988f6673660d58957c04 100644
--- a/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 load("@rules_diff//diff/file/test:defs.bzl", "diff_file_test")
 load("@rules_labgrid//labgrid/run:defs.bzl", "labgrid_run")
+load("@rules_labgrid//labgrid/test:defs.bzl", "labgrid_test")
+load("@rules_python//python:defs.bzl", "py_binary")
 
 CPUS = ("amd64", "arm64")
 
@@ -28,3 +30,26 @@ test_suite(
     name = "run",
     tests = ["run-{}".format(cpu) for cpu in CPUS],
 )
+
+py_binary(
+    name = "inner",
+    srcs = ["test_release.py"],
+    data = [":release.txt"],
+    main = "test_release.py",
+    deps = ["@rules_python//python/runfiles"],
+)
+
+[
+    labgrid_test(
+        name = "test-{}".format(cpu),
+        size = "large",
+        src = ":inner",
+        platform = "@rules_labgrid//platform:qemu-{}-linux".format(cpu),
+    )
+    for cpu in CPUS
+]
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "test",
+    tests = ["test-{}".format(cpu) for cpu in CPUS],
+)
diff --git a/e2e/qemu/test_release.py b/e2e/qemu/test_release.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7bb5844e27f4d6fd52e72801f994906906641e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/qemu/test_release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from python.runfiles import Runfiles
+
+
+def _cat(path):
+    return Path(path).read_text()
+
+
+def _runfile(path):
+    r = Runfiles.Create()
+    return _cat(r.Rlocation(path))
+
+
+class ReleaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test(self):
+        self.assertEqual(_cat("/etc/os-release"), _runfile("_main/qemu/release.txt"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()