diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index eacb16b3603..2481e27be02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -229,3 +229,28 @@ jobs:
         retry_on: error
         max_attempts: 3
         command: ./hack/test-upgrade.sh ${{ matrix.oldver }} ${{ github.sha }}
+
+  vz:
+    name: "vz"
+    runs-on: macos-13
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      with:
+        go-version: 1.20.x
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+    - name: Make
+      run: make
+    - name: Install
+      run: make install
+    - name: Install test dependencies
+      run: brew install qemu bash coreutils
+    - name: Cache ~/Library/Caches/lima/download
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: ~/Library/Caches/lima/download
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-vz
+    - name: Test
+      run: ./hack/test-example.sh examples/experimental/vz.yaml
diff --git a/hack/test-example.sh b/hack/test-example.sh
index 455850e68f5..b35727ccff4 100755
--- a/hack/test-example.sh
+++ b/hack/test-example.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ NAME="$(basename -s .yaml "$FILE")"
 INFO "Validating \"$FILE\""
 limactl validate "$FILE"
 
+# --cpus=1 is needed for running vz on GHA: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/pull/1511#issuecomment-1574937888
+LIMACTL_CREATE_SET='.cpus = 1 | .memory="1GiB"'
+# TODO: add "limactl create" command
+LIMACTL_CREATE_AND_START=(limactl start --tty=false --set="${LIMACTL_CREATE_SET}")
+
 declare -A CHECKS=(
 	["systemd"]="1"
 	["systemd-strict"]="1"
@@ -60,6 +65,12 @@ case "$NAME" in
 	CHECKS["snapshot-online"]=""
 	CHECKS["user-v2"]=1
 	;;
+"vz")
+	CHECKS["systemd-strict"]=
+	CHECKS["port-forwards"]=""
+	CHECKS["snapshot-online"]=""
+	CHECKS["snapshot-offline"]=""
+	;;
 esac
 
 if limactl ls -q | grep -q "$NAME"; then
@@ -83,8 +94,8 @@ function diagnose() {
 	NAME="$1"
 	set -x +e
 	tail "$HOME/.lima/${NAME}"/*.log
-	limactl shell "$NAME" systemctl status
-	limactl shell "$NAME" systemctl
+	limactl shell "$NAME" systemctl --no-pager status
+	limactl shell "$NAME" systemctl --no-pager
 	limactl shell "$NAME" sudo cat /var/log/cloud-init-output.log
 	set +x -e
 }
@@ -102,7 +113,7 @@ if [[ -n ${CHECKS["disk"]} ]]; then
 fi
 
 set -x
-if ! limactl start --tty=false "$FILE"; then
+if ! "${LIMACTL_CREATE_AND_START[@]}" "$FILE"; then
 	ERROR "Failed to start \"$NAME\""
 	diagnose "$NAME"
 	exit 1
@@ -317,7 +328,7 @@ fi
 if [[ -n ${CHECKS["user-v2"]} ]]; then
 	INFO "Testing user-v2 network"
 	secondvm="$NAME-1"
-	limactl start "$FILE" --name "$secondvm" --tty=false
+	"${LIMACTL_CREATE_AND_START[@]}" "$FILE" --name "$secondvm"
 	guestNewip="$(limactl shell "$secondvm" ip -4 -j addr show dev eth0 | jq -r '.[0].addr_info[0].local')"
 	INFO "IP of $secondvm is $guestNewip"
 	set -x