diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 41e0fbf2721..552ba25c4ef 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import inspect
 import json
 import os
+import platform
 import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ def microvm_factory(request, record_property, results_dir, netns_factory):
             uvm_data = results_dir / uvm.id
             uvm_data.mkdir()
             uvm_data.joinpath("host-dmesg.log").write_text(dmesg.stdout)
+            shutil.copy(f"/firecracker/build/img/{platform.machine()}/id_rsa", uvm_data)
 
             uvm_root = Path(uvm.chroot())
             for item in os.listdir(uvm_root):