diff --git a/tests/driver-nova.nix b/tests/driver-nova.nix
index 52ee08e..6978ec2 100644
--- a/tests/driver-nova.nix
+++ b/tests/driver-nova.nix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ let
 
         	global spawn_id
         	spawn ${hostPkgs.qemu}/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom ${iso} -nographic \
-        		-M pc -m size=${toString qemuMem}
+        		-machine q35 -m size=${toString qemuMem}
         	wait_for_output $wait_for_re $timeout_value $spawn_id
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/pci.dhall b/tests/pci.dhall
index 28b1028..1adbc45 100644
--- a/tests/pci.dhall
+++ b/tests/pci.dhall
@@ -53,5 +53,12 @@ in    λ ( _
                   (Some "acpi")
                   (None Text)
               ]
+          , config =
+              Genode.Prelude.XML.text
+                ''
+                <config>
+                	<policy label_prefix="test-pci"> <pci class="ALL"/> </policy>
+                </config>
+                ''
           }
       }