diff --git a/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index d73765c0d..f3a2f60b3 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
         - centos-minimal/8-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds
         - centos-minimal/9-stream-aarch64-build-succeeds
         - openeuler-minimal/22.03-LTS-build-succeeds
+        - rocky-container/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds
 
 #
 # Build and boot functional tests
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10774f7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Verify a Rocky 9 aarch64 image
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds/element-deps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99857b0c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds/element-deps
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+block-device-efi
+openstack-ci-mirrors
+vm
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds/environment.d/09-set-distro.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds/environment.d/09-set-distro.bash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65c6e4ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/test-elements/rocky-9-aarch64-build-succeeds/environment.d/09-set-distro.bash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export DIB_RELEASE='9'