diff --git a/tests/hwsim/vm/inside.sh b/tests/hwsim/vm/inside.sh
index 8ba7ce43d..bfcbda631 100755
--- a/tests/hwsim/vm/inside.sh
+++ b/tests/hwsim/vm/inside.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ TELNET=$(sed 's/.*TELNET=\([^ ]*\) .*/\1/' /proc/cmdline)
 ARGS=$(sed 's/.*ARGS=\([^ ]*\)\( \|$\).*/\1/' /proc/cmdline)
 LOGDIR=$(sed 's/.*LOGDIR=\([^ ]*\)\( \|$\).*/\1/' /proc/cmdline)
 
+mount --bind "$TESTDIR/vm/regdb/" /lib/firmware
+
 # create /dev entries we need
 mknod -m 660 /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64
 mknod -m 666 /dev/ptmx c 5 2
diff --git a/tests/hwsim/vm/regdb/regulatory.db b/tests/hwsim/vm/regdb/regulatory.db
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/tests/hwsim/vm/regdb/regulatory.db.p7s b/tests/hwsim/vm/regdb/regulatory.db.p7s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..730aef4f3
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