diff --git a/nixos/tests/drawterm.nix b/nixos/tests/drawterm.nix
index da4ba293990b..e4da864bff7f 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/drawterm.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/drawterm.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ let
         enableOCR = true;
 
         testScript = ''
+          machine = ${name}
+
           @polling_condition
           def drawterm_running():
               machine.succeed("pgrep drawterm")