diff --git a/tests/kola/disks/growfs b/tests/kola/disks/growfs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..04b4cb27c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kola/disks/growfs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+## kola:
+##   exclusive: false
+
+set -xeuo pipefail
+
+. $KOLA_EXT_DATA/commonlib.sh
+
+if [ ! -f /run/ignition-ostree-growfs.stamp ]; then
+    fatal "rootfs was not grown on first boot"
+fi
+ok "rootfs grown on first boot"