diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/check_image.sh b/contrib/cirrus/check_image.sh
index 53fe3b3779..ad9a12f492 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/check_image.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/check_image.sh
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ item_test 'Minimum available memory' $MEM_FREE -ge $MIN_MEM_MB || let "NFAILS+=1
 item_test "remove_packaged_podman_files() did it's job" -z "$(type -P podman)" || let "NFAILS+=1"
 
 # Integration Tests require varlink in Fedora
-if [[ "$OS_RELEASE_ID" == "fedora" ]]
-then
-    item_test "The varlink executable is present" -x "$(type -P varlink)" || let "NFAILS+=1"
-fi
+item_test "The varlink executable is present" -x "$(type -P varlink)" || let "NFAILS+=1"
 
 MIN_ZIP_VER='3.0'
 VER_RE='.+([[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+).+'
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/packer/ubuntu_setup.sh b/contrib/cirrus/packer/ubuntu_setup.sh
index 4b50d6dc34..00d92570f6 100644
--- a/contrib/cirrus/packer/ubuntu_setup.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/packer/ubuntu_setup.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ $BIGTO $SUDOAPTGET install \
     libnet1-dev \
     libnl-3-dev \
     libostree-dev \
+    libvarlink \
     libprotobuf-c0-dev \
     libprotobuf-dev \
     libseccomp-dev \