diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
index 5f0acda942..5d382bcd24 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ alpine-3.18-gcc-debug:
       CONFIG_ARGO=y
       CONFIG_UBSAN=y
       CONFIG_UBSAN_FATAL=y
+      CONFIG_UCODE_SCAN_DEFAULT=y
       CONFIG_XHCI=y
 
 debian-12-x86_64-gcc-debug:
diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
index ef3560930c..5ce445b78f 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/test.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
   - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
     job: alpine-3.18-x86_64-rootfs
     ref: master
+  - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
+    job: microcode-x86
+    ref: master
 
 .qemu-arm64:
   extends: .test-jobs-common
@@ -247,6 +250,9 @@ xilinx-smoke-dom0-x86_64-gcc-debug-argo:
     - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
       job: alpine-3.18-x86_64-rootfs
       ref: master
+    - project: xen-project/hardware/test-artifacts
+      job: microcode-x86
+      ref: master
 
 adl-smoke-x86-64-gcc-debug:
   extends: .adl-x86-64
diff --git a/automation/scripts/qubes-x86-64.sh b/automation/scripts/qubes-x86-64.sh
index 3947027d6e..1f90e7002c 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/qubes-x86-64.sh
+++ b/automation/scripts/qubes-x86-64.sh
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ Kernel \r on an \m (\l)
 fi
 
 # Dom0 rootfs
-cp binaries/rootfs.cpio.gz binaries/dom0-rootfs.cpio.gz
+cp binaries/ucode.cpio binaries/dom0-rootfs.cpio.gz
+cat binaries/rootfs.cpio.gz >> binaries/dom0-rootfs.cpio.gz
 cat binaries/xen-tools.cpio.gz >> binaries/dom0-rootfs.cpio.gz
 
 # test-local configuration
diff --git a/automation/scripts/xilinx-smoke-dom0-x86_64.sh b/automation/scripts/xilinx-smoke-dom0-x86_64.sh
index 1f8cc172c6..5bb44188dc 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/xilinx-smoke-dom0-x86_64.sh
+++ b/automation/scripts/xilinx-smoke-dom0-x86_64.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ cd ..
 rm -rf rootfs
 
 # Dom0 rootfs
-cp binaries/rootfs.cpio.gz binaries/dom0-rootfs.cpio.gz
+cp binaries/ucode.cpio binaries/dom0-rootfs.cpio.gz
+cat binaries/rootfs.cpio.gz >> binaries/dom0-rootfs.cpio.gz
 cat binaries/xen-tools.cpio.gz >> binaries/dom0-rootfs.cpio.gz
 if [[ "${TEST}" == argo ]]; then
     cat binaries/argo.cpio.gz >> binaries/dom0-rootfs.cpio.gz