diff --git a/xCAT-test/unit/xcat_server_grub_mkimage_dependency.t b/xCAT-test/unit/xcat_server_grub_mkimage_dependency.t
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use File::Spec;
+use FindBin;
+use Test::More;
+
+# copycd builds the riscv64 boot loader by running grub-mkimage, and the plugin that runs it ships
+# in xcat-server. Nothing declared the package that provides that command, so a management or
+# service node installed without it copies riscv64 media and then produces no loader at all, while
+# DHCP keeps pointing every riscv64 node at the path where the loader should be.
+#
+# grub-common provides /usr/bin/grub-mkimage on every supported Ubuntu release. That the plugin
+# runs grub-mkimage is shown by ubuntu_copycd_grub2_loader.t, which drives it through a stub.
+
+my $repo_root = File::Spec->rel2abs( File::Spec->catdir( $FindBin::Bin, '..', '..' ) );
+
+sub depends_of {
+    my ($package) = @_;
+    my $file = File::Spec->catfile( $repo_root, $package, 'debian', 'control' );
+    open( my $fh, '<', $file ) or die "Unable to read $file: $!";
+    my $control = do { local $/; <$fh> };
+    close($fh);
+    my ($depends) = $control =~ /^Depends:\s*(.*)$/m;
+    return [ split( /\s*,\s*/, $depends // '' ) ];
+}
+
+my $server = depends_of('xCAT-server');
+ok( scalar( grep { /^grub-common\b/ } @{$server} ),
+    'xcat-server depends on the package that provides grub-mkimage' );
+
+# The plugin runs there, so the metapackages inherit it and must not carry their own copy.
+foreach my $package (qw(xCAT xCATsn)) {
+    is_deeply( [ grep { /^grub-common\b/ } @{ depends_of($package) } ], [],
+        "$package leaves the dependency with the package that runs the command" );
+}
+
+done_testing();