diff --git a/dev-tools/reconfigurator-cli/tests/test_basic.rs b/dev-tools/reconfigurator-cli/tests/test_basic.rs
index 1ae78487a3..ae3707657d 100644
--- a/dev-tools/reconfigurator-cli/tests/test_basic.rs
+++ b/dev-tools/reconfigurator-cli/tests/test_basic.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use nexus_db_queries::authn;
 use nexus_db_queries::authz;
 use nexus_db_queries::context::OpContext;
 use nexus_test_utils::SLED_AGENT_UUID;
+use nexus_test_utils::resource_helpers::DiskTestBuilder;
 use nexus_test_utils_macros::nexus_test;
 use nexus_types::deployment::Blueprint;
 use nexus_types::deployment::UnstableReconfiguratorState;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ use omicron_test_utils::dev::test_cmds::path_to_executable;
 use omicron_test_utils::dev::test_cmds::redact_variable;
 use omicron_test_utils::dev::test_cmds::run_command;
 use omicron_test_utils::dev::test_cmds::EXIT_SUCCESS;
+use omicron_uuid_kinds::GenericUuid;
 use omicron_uuid_kinds::SledUuid;
 use slog::debug;
 use std::io::BufReader;
@@ -56,6 +58,24 @@ type ControlPlaneTestContext =
 #[nexus_test]
 async fn test_blueprint_edit(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
     // Setup
+    //
+    // Add a zpool to both sleds, just to ensure that all new zones can find
+    // a transient filesystem wherever they end up being placed.
+    let _sled_agent_zpools = DiskTestBuilder::new(&cptestctx)
+        .on_sled(SledUuid::from_untyped_uuid(
+            cptestctx.sled_agent.sled_agent.id,
+        ))
+        .with_zpool_count(1)
+        .build()
+        .await;
+    let _sled_agent2_zpools = DiskTestBuilder::new(&cptestctx)
+        .on_sled(SledUuid::from_untyped_uuid(
+            cptestctx.sled_agent2.sled_agent.id,
+        ))
+        .with_zpool_count(1)
+        .build()
+        .await;
+
     let nexus = &cptestctx.server.server_context().nexus;
     let datastore = nexus.datastore();
     let log = &cptestctx.logctx.log;
@@ -155,7 +175,7 @@ async fn test_blueprint_edit(cptestctx: &ControlPlaneTestContext) {
     // Load the new file and find the new blueprint name.
     let state2: UnstableReconfiguratorState =
         read_json(&saved_state2_path).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(state2.blueprints.len(), state1.blueprints.len() + 1);
+    assert_eq!(state2.blueprints.len(), state1.blueprints.len() + 1); // XXX
     let new_blueprint = state2.blueprints.into_iter().rev().next().unwrap();
     assert_ne!(new_blueprint.id, blueprint.id);