diff --git a/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 30544156d..7aee56009 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     vars:
       dib_functests:
         - ubuntu-minimal/bionic-arm64-build-succeeds
+        - centos-minimal/8-aarch64-build-succeeds
 
 # Bionic / Python3 tests
 - job:
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c2428f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Verify we can build a centos-minimal image.
+
+Note this test includes the vm element to test the bootloader install,
+and specifies to output a .qcow2
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/element-deps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6374231dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/element-deps
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+block-device-efi
+vm
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa8eed5df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/environment.d/10-set-distro.bash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export DIB_RELEASE=8
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/test-output-formats b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/test-output-formats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c780936b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/8-aarch64-build-succeeds/test-output-formats
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tar,qcow2
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