diff --git a/tests/kola/ignition/kargs/skipreboot/config.bu b/tests/kola/ignition/kargs/skipreboot/config.bu
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+++ b/tests/kola/ignition/kargs/skipreboot/config.bu
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+variant: fcos
+version: 1.4.0
+kernel_arguments:
+  should_exist:
+    - foobar
diff --git a/tests/kola/ignition/kargs/skipreboot/data/commonlib.sh b/tests/kola/ignition/kargs/skipreboot/data/commonlib.sh
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+++ b/tests/kola/ignition/kargs/skipreboot/data/commonlib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../data/commonlib.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/kola/ignition/kargs/skipreboot/test.sh b/tests/kola/ignition/kargs/skipreboot/test.sh
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+++ b/tests/kola/ignition/kargs/skipreboot/test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -xeuo pipefail
+# kola: { "platforms": "qemu", "appendFirstbootKernelArgs": "foobar" }
+# This test verifies that if a kernel argument that is set as "should_exist"
+# in the Ignition config already exists on the kernel command line of the machine
+# then we can skip the reboot when applying kernel arguments but we must still
+# update the BLS configs to make it permanent. This is Scenario B from
+# the documentation in 35coreos-ignition/coreos-kargs.sh.
+#
+# - platforms: qemu
+#   - appendFirstbootKernelArgs is only supported on qemu.
+# - appendFirstbootKernelArgs: foobar
+#   - The kernel argument to apply transiently only on the first boot.
+
+. $KOLA_EXT_DATA/commonlib.sh
+
+kargchecks() {
+    if ! grep foobar /proc/cmdline; then
+        fatal "missing expected kernel arg in kernel cmdline"
+    fi
+    if ! grep foobar /boot/loader/entries/*.conf; then
+        fatal "missing expected kernel arg in BLS config"
+    fi
+}
+
+case "${AUTOPKGTEST_REBOOT_MARK:-}" in
+  "")
+      kargchecks
+      # If this file exists then reboot was skipped. See
+      # 35coreos-ignition/coreos-kargs.sh
+      if [ ! -e /run/coreos-kargs-changed ]; then
+          fatal "missing file that should exist if no reboot happened"
+      fi
+      # Now reboot the machine and verify the kernel argument persists
+      /tmp/autopkgtest-reboot nextboot
+      ;;
+  nextboot)
+      kargchecks
+      ;;
+  *) fatal "unexpected mark: ${AUTOPKGTEST_REBOOT_MARK}";;
+esac
+
+ok "Ignition kargs skip reboot"