diff --git a/tests/vm-migration b/tests/vm-migration
index 79c2ddf55..b645fdf70 100644
--- a/tests/vm-migration
+++ b/tests/vm-migration
@@ -53,9 +53,16 @@ for _ in $(seq 60); do
   fi
 done
 
-# Launch two instances for our LXD cluster and wait for them to be ready.
-lxc launch "${TEST_IMG:-ubuntu-minimal-daily:24.04}" member1 --vm -c limits.memory=2GiB
-lxc launch "${TEST_IMG:-ubuntu-minimal-daily:24.04}" member2 --vm -c limits.memory=2GiB
+# Launch two instances for our LXD cluster and wait for them to be ready. If the host supports `devlxd_images_vm` then
+# set `security.devlxd.images=true` so that we don't have to download the image again.
+if hasNeededAPIExtension devlxd_images_vm; then
+  lxc launch "${TEST_IMG:-ubuntu-minimal-daily:24.04}" member1 --vm -c limits.memory=2GiB -c security.devlxd.images=true
+  lxc launch "${TEST_IMG:-ubuntu-minimal-daily:24.04}" member2 --vm -c limits.memory=2GiB -c security.devlxd.images=true
+else
+  lxc launch "${TEST_IMG:-ubuntu-minimal-daily:24.04}" member1 --vm -c limits.memory=2GiB
+  lxc launch "${TEST_IMG:-ubuntu-minimal-daily:24.04}" member2 --vm -c limits.memory=2GiB
+fi
+
 waitInstanceReady member1
 waitInstanceReady member2
 # shellcheck disable=SC3044 # Ignore "declare is undefined" shellcheck error.
@@ -71,6 +78,11 @@ if [ -n "${LXD_SIDELOAD_PATH:-}" ]; then
     lxc file push "${LXD_SIDELOAD_PATH}" member1/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd.debug
     lxc exec member1 -- systemctl restart snap.lxd.daemon
 fi
+if [ -n "${LXD_AGENT_SIDELOAD_PATH:-}" ]; then
+  lxc file push "${LXD_AGENT_SIDELOAD_PATH}" "member1/root/$(basename "${LXD_AGENT_SIDELOAD_PATH}")"
+  lxc exec member1 -- mount --bind "$(basename "${LXD_AGENT_SIDELOAD_PATH}")" /snap/lxd/current/bin/lxd-agent
+  lxc exec member1 -- systemctl restart snap.lxd.daemon
+fi
 
 # Initialise and configure LXD in the first member.
 lxc exec member1 -- lxd init --auto
@@ -87,6 +99,11 @@ if [ -n "${LXD_SIDELOAD_PATH:-}" ]; then
     lxc file push "${LXD_SIDELOAD_PATH}" member2/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd.debug
     lxc exec member2 -- systemctl restart snap.lxd.daemon
 fi
+if [ -n "${LXD_AGENT_SIDELOAD_PATH:-}" ]; then
+  lxc file push "${LXD_AGENT_SIDELOAD_PATH}" "member2/root/$(basename "${LXD_AGENT_SIDELOAD_PATH}")"
+  lxc exec member2 -- mount --bind "$(basename "${LXD_AGENT_SIDELOAD_PATH}")" /snap/lxd/current/bin/lxd-agent
+  lxc exec member2 -- systemctl restart snap.lxd.daemon
+fi
 
 # Create a preseed file for member2 to join member1.
 member2Address="$(lxc query /1.0/instances/member2?recursion=2 | jq -r ".state.network.enp5s0.addresses[0].address")"
@@ -119,15 +136,33 @@ lxc exec member1 -- lxc storage create ceph ceph
 lxc exec member1 -- lxc storage volume create ceph vol1 --type=block size=500MiB
 
 # Create a VM in the cluster, on member1.
-lxc exec member1 -- lxc init "${TEST_IMG:-ubuntu-minimal-daily:24.04}" v1 --vm --storage ceph --target member1 -c migration.stateful=true -c limits.memory=512MiB
+lxc exec member1 -- lxc init "${TEST_IMG:-ubuntu-minimal-daily:24.04}" v1 --vm --storage ceph --target member1 -c migration.stateful=true -c limits.memory=1GiB
 
 # Add vol1 as a disk device to the VM.
 lxc exec member1 -- lxc config device add v1 vol1-disk disk pool=ceph source=vol1
 
 # Start the VM.
 lxc exec member1 -- lxc start v1
-sleep 60
+
+# Wait for a long time for it to boot (doubly nested VM takes a while).
+while [ "$(lxc exec member1 -- sh -c "lxc info v1 | grep -F 'Processes:' | cut -d':' -f2 | tr -d '[:blank:]'")" -le 1 ]; do
+  sleep 30
+done
+
+# vol1 should be available as /dev/sdb. Format it as ext4. Then mount it and create a file.
+lxc exec member1 -- sh -c "lxc exec v1 -- mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb"
+lxc exec member1 -- sh -c "lxc exec v1 -- mkdir /mnt/vol1"
+lxc exec member1 -- sh -c "lxc exec v1 -- mount -t auto /dev/sdb /mnt/vol1"
+lxc exec member1 -- sh -c "lxc exec v1 -- sh -c 'echo foo > /mnt/vol1/bar'"
 lxc exec member1 -- lxc move v1 --target member2
 
+# The VM is slow. So the agent isn't immediately available after the live migration.
+while [ "$(lxc exec member2 -- sh -c "lxc info v1 | grep -F 'Processes:' | cut -d':' -f2 | tr -d '[:blank:]'")" -le 1 ]; do
+  sleep 5
+done
+
+# The volume should be functional, still mounted, and the file we created should still be there with the same contents.
+[ "$(lxc exec member2 -- sh -c "lxc exec v1 -- cat /mnt/vol1/bar")" = "foo" ]
+
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 FAIL=0
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