diff --git a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/machine.py b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/machine.py
index dbfe256011ee..789dee101f0c 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/machine.py
+++ b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test_driver/machine.py
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ class Machine:
         # While sh is bash on NixOS, this is not the case for every distro.
         # We explicitly call bash here to allow for the driver to boot other distros as well.
         out_command = (
-            f"{timeout_str} bash -c {shlex.quote(command)} | (base64 --wrap 0; echo)\n"
+            f"{timeout_str} bash -c {shlex.quote(command)} | (base64 -w 0; echo)\n"
         )
 
         assert self.shell
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 80fd8bf2a0f6..9ab0bfb21f4a 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ in {
     extra-python-packages = handleTest ./nixos-test-driver/extra-python-packages.nix {};
     lib-extend = handleTestOn [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ] ./nixos-test-driver/lib-extend.nix {};
     node-name = runTest ./nixos-test-driver/node-name.nix;
+    busybox = runTest ./nixos-test-driver/busybox.nix;
   };
 
   # NixOS vm tests and non-vm unit tests
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nixos-test-driver/busybox.nix b/nixos/tests/nixos-test-driver/busybox.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..426f4494436e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/nixos-test-driver/busybox.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  name = "Test that basic tests work when busybox is installed";
+
+  nodes = {
+    machine = ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+      environment.systemPackages = [
+        pkgs.busybox
+      ];
+    });
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+  '';
+}