diff --git a/kola/tests/misc/tpm.go b/kola/tests/misc/tpm.go
index d1e5a51c6..cfebdd878 100644
--- a/kola/tests/misc/tpm.go
+++ b/kola/tests/misc/tpm.go
@@ -302,6 +302,15 @@ func init() {
 		Distros:     []string{"cl"},
 		MinVersion:  semver.Version{Major: 3913, Minor: 0, Patch: 1},
 	})
+
+	register.Register(&register.Test{
+		Run:         eventLogTest,
+		ClusterSize: 0,
+		Platforms:   []string{"qemu"},
+		Name:        "cl.tpm.eventlog",
+		Distros:     []string{"cl"},
+		MinVersion:  semver.Version{Major: 4082},
+	})
 }
 
 func tpmTest(c cluster.TestCluster, userData *conf.UserData, mountpoint string, variant string) {
@@ -359,3 +368,27 @@ func tpmTest(c cluster.TestCluster, userData *conf.UserData, mountpoint string,
 		checkIfMountpointIsEncrypted(c, m, "/")
 	}
 }
+
+func eventLogTest(c cluster.TestCluster) {
+	options := platform.MachineOptions{EnableTPM: true}
+	var (
+		m   platform.Machine
+		err error
+	)
+	switch pc := c.Cluster.(type) {
+	// These cases have to be separated because otherwise the golang compiler doesn't type-check
+	// the case bodies using the proper subtype of `pc`.
+	case *qemu.Cluster:
+		m, err = pc.NewMachineWithOptions(nil, options)
+	case *unprivqemu.Cluster:
+		m, err = pc.NewMachineWithOptions(nil, options)
+	default:
+		c.Fatal("unknown cluster type")
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify that the TPM event log is working.
+	_ = c.MustSSH(m, "sudo tpm2_eventlog /sys/kernel/security/tpm0/binary_bios_measurements")
+}
diff --git a/platform/machine/unprivqemu/flight.go b/platform/machine/unprivqemu/flight.go
index 1743eee5b..8035a6e8f 100644
--- a/platform/machine/unprivqemu/flight.go
+++ b/platform/machine/unprivqemu/flight.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func (qf *flight) NewCluster(rconf *platform.RuntimeConfig) (platform.Cluster, e
 }
 
 func (qf *flight) Destroy() {
+	qf.BaseFlight.Destroy()
 	if qf.diskImageFile != nil {
 		qf.diskImageFile.Close()
 	}