diff --git a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.varlinkctl.sh b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.varlinkctl.sh
index 2e0bf5f7d6..481dc85d6f 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.varlinkctl.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.varlinkctl.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ if [[ -x /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-pcrextend ]]; then
     varlinkctl introspect /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-pcrextend
 fi
 
+# Test various varlink socket units to make sure that we can still connect to the varlink sockets even if the
+# services are currently stopped (or restarting).
+systemctl stop \
+    systemd-networkd.service \
+    systemd-hostnamed.service \
+    systemd-machined.service \
+    systemd-udevd.service
+varlinkctl introspect /run/systemd/netif/io.systemd.Network
+varlinkctl introspect /run/systemd/io.systemd.Hostname
+varlinkctl introspect /run/systemd/machine/io.systemd.Machine
+if ! systemd-detect-virt -qc; then
+    varlinkctl introspect /run/udev/io.systemd.Udev
+fi
+
 # SSH transport
 SSHBINDIR="$(mktemp -d)"