diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
index ced22c822a..9c50ddbbf5 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot ${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP}"
 IMAGE_FSTYPES = "wic"
 RM_OLD_IMAGE = "1"
 
-DEPENDS = "syslinux syslinux-native parted-native dosfstools-native mtools-native"
+DEPENDS = "syslinux syslinux-native parted-native dosfstools-native mtools-native gptfdisk-native"
 
 # core-image-minimal is referenced in .wks, so we need its rootfs
 # to be ready before our rootfs
diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.wks b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.wks
index 191244bade..d55075d503 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.wks
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.wks
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # created from core-image-minimal and wic-image-minimal image recipes.
 
 part /boot --source bootimg-pcbios --ondisk vda --label boot --active --align 1024
-part / --source rootfs --ondisk vda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024
+part / --source rootfs --ondisk vda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024 --use-uuid
 part /mnt --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=core-image-minimal --ondisk vda --fstype=ext4 --label core --align 1024
 part backup --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=wic-image-minimal --ondisk vda --fstype=ext4 --label backup --align 1024
 
-bootloader --timeout=0  --append="rootwait console=tty0 root=/dev/vda2"
+bootloader --ptable gpt --timeout=0  --append="rootwait console=tty0"