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diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/start_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/start_test.go
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+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/machine"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("podman machine start", func() {
+	var (
+		mb      *machineTestBuilder
+		testDir string
+	)
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		testDir, mb = setup()
+	})
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		teardown(originalHomeDir, testDir, mb)
+	})
+
+	It("start simple machine", func() {
+		i := new(initMachine)
+		session, err := mb.setCmd(i.withImagePath(mb.imagePath)).run()
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+		s := new(startMachine)
+		startSession, err := mb.setCmd(s).run()
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		Expect(startSession.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+
+		info, ec, err := mb.toQemuInspectInfo()
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		Expect(ec).To(BeZero())
+		Expect(info[0].State).To(Equal(machine.Running))
+	})
+})