diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/incus.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/incus.nix
index aa2102f49f0d..4292662a9152 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/incus.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/incus.nix
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ let
       name = "OVMF_VARS.4MB.ms.fd";
       path = "${pkgs.OVMFFull.fd}/FV/${ovmf-prefix}_VARS.fd";
     }
+    {
+      name = "seabios.bin";
+      path = "${pkgs.seabios-qemu}/share/seabios/bios.bin";
+    }
   ];
 
   environment = lib.mkMerge [
diff --git a/nixos/tests/incus/incus-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/incus/incus-tests.nix
index e4a5f0d0a079..fb4599058225 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/incus/incus-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/incus/incus-tests.nix
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix (
         ) "" initVariants
       )
       + lib.optionalString canTestVm (
-        lib.foldl (
+        (lib.foldl (
           acc: variant:
           acc
           # python
@@ -362,7 +362,17 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix (
 
             cleanup()
           ''
-        ) "" initVariants
+        ) "" initVariants)
+        +
+          # python
+          ''
+            with subtest("Can launch CSM virtual machine"):
+                machine.succeed("incus init csm --vm --empty -c security.csm=true -c security.secureboot=false")
+                machine.succeed("incus start csm")
+
+
+            cleanup()
+          ''
       )
       +
         lib.optionalString featureUser # python