diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3dbcf0b..6b412ea 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -258,6 +258,13 @@ test_acceptance_ubuntu_qemux86_64:
     - cp versions_override_config input/config/versions_override_config
     - ./scripts/test/run-tests.sh --config input/config/versions_override_config --only ubuntu-qemux86-64
 
+test_acceptance_ubuntu_qemux86_64_no_grub_d:
+  <<: *test_acceptance
+  script:
+    - mkdir -p input/config
+    - cp versions_override_config input/config/versions_override_config
+    - ./scripts/test/run-tests.sh --config input/config/versions_override_config --only ubuntu-qemux86-64-no-grub-d
+
 test_acceptance_debian_qemux86_64:
   <<: *test_acceptance
   script:
diff --git a/configs/testing/no-grub.d_config b/configs/testing/no-grub.d_config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dbe23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/testing/no-grub.d_config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MENDER_GRUB_D_INTEGRATION=n
diff --git a/mender-convert-package b/mender-convert-package
index 30b8e80..aabdaf6 100755
--- a/mender-convert-package
+++ b/mender-convert-package
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ testscfg_add "MENDER_ARTIFACT_NAME" "${MENDER_ARTIFACT_NAME}"
 testscfg_add "MENDER_FEATURES" "${mender_features}"
 testscfg_add "DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE" "${PWD}/deploy"
 testscfg_add "MENDER_MACHINE" "${device_type}"
+testscfg_add "MENDER_GRUB_D_INTEGRATION" "${MENDER_GRUB_D_INTEGRATION}"
 
 # Outputting device base only relevant for some configurations
 if [ "${MENDER_ENABLE_PARTUUID}" != "y" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/test/mender-convert-qemu b/scripts/test/mender-convert-qemu
index 38ac08e..3b35d22 100755
--- a/scripts/test/mender-convert-qemu
+++ b/scripts/test/mender-convert-qemu
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ if [ -z "${ovmf_file}" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ "$QEMU_NO_SECURE_BOOT" != "1" ]; then
+    OVMF_VARS="-drive file=$(dirname "$0")/../../tests/uefi-nvram/OVMF_VARS.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=1,readonly=on"
+fi
+
 qemu-system-x86_64 \
     -enable-kvm \
     -nographic \
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ qemu-system-x86_64 \
     -net user,hostfwd=tcp::8822-:22 \
     -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00$(od -txC -An -N3 /dev/urandom|tr \  :) \
     -drive file=${ovmf_file},if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on \
-    -drive file="$(dirname "$0")/../../tests/uefi-nvram/OVMF_VARS.fd",if=pflash,format=raw,unit=1,readonly=on \
+    $OVMF_VARS \
     -drive format=raw,file=${DISK_IMG} &
 
 qemu_pid=$!
diff --git a/scripts/test/run-tests.sh b/scripts/test/run-tests.sh
index 7e5138e..d8cd972 100755
--- a/scripts/test/run-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/run-tests.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,21 @@ else
     assert "${ret}" "0" "Expected uncompressed file deploy/Ubuntu-Focal-x86-64-qemux86-64-mender.img"
   fi
 
+  if [ "$TEST_ALL" == "1" -o "$TEST_PLATFORM" == "ubuntu-qemux86-64-no-grub-d" ]; then
+    wget --progress=dot:giga -N ${UBUNTU_IMAGE_URL} -P input/image/
+    mkdir -p input/tests
+    cp -r "tests/ssh-public-key-overlay" "input/tests/ssh-public-key-overlay"
+    QEMU_NO_SECURE_BOOT=1 \
+                     convert_and_test \
+                     "qemux86-64" \
+                     "release-1" \
+                     "input/image/Ubuntu-Focal-x86-64.img.gz" \
+                     "--overlay input/tests/ssh-public-key-overlay" \
+                     "--config configs/ubuntu-qemux86-64_config" \
+                     "--config configs/testing/no-grub.d_config $EXTRA_CONFIG" \
+                     || test_result=$?
+  fi
+
   if [ "$TEST_ALL" == "1" -o "$TEST_PLATFORM" == "raspberrypi3" ]; then
     wget --progress=dot:giga -N ${RASPBIAN_IMAGE_URL} -P input/image/
     RASPBIAN_IMAGE="${RASPBIAN_IMAGE_URL##*/}"
diff --git a/tests/mender-image-tests b/tests/mender-image-tests
index 43385d2..0513c60 160000
--- a/tests/mender-image-tests
+++ b/tests/mender-image-tests
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 43385d2db58224a12e36d1cd63c3b6057f4e6809
+Subproject commit 0513c601b27599f13692295c50e87ee28425b310
diff --git a/tests/test_grub_integration.py b/tests/test_grub_integration.py
index 4eaaa56..40df32c 100644
--- a/tests/test_grub_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_grub_integration.py
@@ -76,8 +76,13 @@ def check_all_root_occurrences_valid(grub_cfg):
 
     assert found_expected, "Expected content (%s) not found" % expected
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def only_grub_d_integration(bitbake_variables):
+    if bitbake_variables["MENDER_GRUB_D_INTEGRATION"] == "n":
+        pytest.skip("grub.d integration is off, skipping test")
 
-@pytest.mark.usefixtures("setup_board", "cleanup_boot_scripts")
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("setup_board", "cleanup_boot_scripts", "only_grub_d_integration")
 class TestGrubIntegration:
     @pytest.mark.min_mender_version("1.0.0")
     def test_no_root_occurrences(self, connection, latest_part_image):