diff --git a/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 4bc87619..0152d5d7 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     vars:
       dib_functests:
         - centos-minimal/8-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds
+        - centos-minimal/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds
         - openeuler-minimal/20.03-LTS-SP2-build-succeeds
 
 #
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa1e50dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Verify we can build a centos-minimal image.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds/element-deps
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99857b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds/element-deps
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+block-device-efi
+openstack-ci-mirrors
+vm
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds/environment.d/09-set-distro.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds/environment.d/09-set-distro.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29a6ae5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds/environment.d/09-set-distro.bash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export DIB_RELEASE='9-stream'