diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
index 574609bf43..c0675809e6 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -581,7 +581,10 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
                                                 'Allwinner sun4i/sun5i')
         exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/iomem',
                                                 'system-control@1c00000')
-        # cubieboard's reboot is not functioning; omit reboot test.
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
+                                                'reboot: Restarting system')
+        # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
+        self.vm.wait()
 
     def test_arm_cubieboard_sata(self):
         """
@@ -625,7 +628,10 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
                                                 'Allwinner sun4i/sun5i')
         exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/partitions',
                                                 'sda')
-        # cubieboard's reboot is not functioning; omit reboot test.
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
+                                                'reboot: Restarting system')
+        # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
+        self.vm.wait()
 
     @skipUnless(os.getenv('AVOCADO_ALLOW_LARGE_STORAGE'), 'storage limited')
     def test_arm_cubieboard_openwrt_22_03_2(self):
@@ -672,7 +678,10 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
 
         exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo',
                                                 'Allwinner sun4i/sun5i')
-        # cubieboard's reboot is not functioning; omit reboot test.
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
+                                                'reboot: Restarting system')
+        # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
+        self.vm.wait()
 
     @skipUnless(os.getenv('AVOCADO_TIMEOUT_EXPECTED'), 'Test might timeout')
     def test_arm_quanta_gsj(self):