diff --git a/hack/select-install.sh b/hack/select-install.sh
index cea5442a8..15acf8aca 100755
--- a/hack/select-install.sh
+++ b/hack/select-install.sh
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ suite_to_source() {
 # would also change reverse test selection.
 suite_runtime_sources() {
   case "$1" in
-    clickhouse|etcd|kafka|kafka-metadata|mariadb|mongodb|postgres|rabbitmq|redis|valkey)
+    clickhouse|etcd|kafka|kafka-metadata|mariadb|mongodb|postgres|rabbitmq|redis|valkey|vminstance)
       echo cozystack.backupstrategy-controller ;;
     gateway) echo cozystack.kubeovn-webhook ;;
   esac
diff --git a/hack/select-install_test.bats b/hack/select-install_test.bats
index 3d741a584..462abb60a 100644
--- a/hack/select-install_test.bats
+++ b/hack/select-install_test.bats
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ assert_output_graph_error() {
 }
 
 @test "backup suites keep the APIs used by their roundtrip examples" {
-    for suite in clickhouse etcd kafka kafka-metadata mariadb mongodb postgres rabbitmq redis valkey; do
+    for suite in clickhouse etcd kafka kafka-metadata mariadb mongodb postgres rabbitmq redis valkey vminstance; do
         keep=$(hack/select-install.sh "$suite")
         drop=$(hack/select-install.sh --disabled "$suite")
         for required in cozystack.backupstrategy-controller cozystack.backup-controller \