diff --git a/kola/tests/misc/fips.go b/kola/tests/misc/fips.go
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+// Copyright The Mantle Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+package misc
+
+import (
+	"github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver"
+	"github.com/flatcar/mantle/kola/cluster"
+	"github.com/flatcar/mantle/kola/register"
+	"github.com/flatcar/mantle/platform/conf"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	register.Register(&register.Test{
+		Run:         fipsTest,
+		ClusterSize: 1,
+		Name:        `misc.fips`,
+		MinVersion:  semver.Version{Major: 3549},
+		Distros:     []string{"cl"},
+		// This test is normally not related to the cloud environment
+		Platforms: []string{"qemu", "qemu-unpriv"},
+		UserData: conf.Butane(`---
+version: 1.0.0
+variant: flatcar
+kernel_arguments:
+  should_exist:
+    - fips=1
+storage:
+  files:
+    - path: /etc/system-fips
+    - path: /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf
+      overwrite: true
+      mode: 0644
+      contents:
+        inline: |
+          config_diagnostics = 1
+          openssl_conf = openssl_init
+          # includes the fipsmodule configuration
+          .include /etc/ssl/fipsmodule.cnf
+          [openssl_init]
+          providers = provider_sect
+          [provider_sect]
+          fips = fips_sect
+          base = base_sect
+          [base_sect]
+          activate = 1`),
+	})
+
+}
+
+func fipsTest(c cluster.TestCluster) {
+	m := c.Machines()[0]
+
+	// It works because SHA is FIPS compliant.
+	c.MustSSH(m, "echo Flatcar | openssl sha512 -")
+
+	// Should exits with 0.
+	c.MustSSH(m, "openssl list -provider fips")
+
+	// It does not work because MD5 is not FIPS compliant.
+	if _, err := c.SSH(m, "echo Flatcar | openssl md5 -"); err == nil {
+		c.Fatal("MD5 hash algorithm should raise an error with FIPS mode.")
+	}
+
+	c.AssertCmdOutputContains(m, "cat /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled", "1")
+}