diff --git a/pkg/gpu/gpu_linux_test.go b/pkg/gpu/gpu_linux_test.go
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+//
+// Use and distribution licensed under the Apache license version 2.
+//
+// See the COPYING file in the root project directory for full text.
+//
+
+package gpu_test
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jaypipes/ghw/pkg/gpu"
+	"github.com/jaypipes/ghw/pkg/option"
+	"github.com/jaypipes/ghw/pkg/snapshot"
+
+	"github.com/jaypipes/ghw/testdata"
+)
+
+// testcase for https://github.com/jaypipes/ghw/issues/234
+// if nothing else: demonstrate how to consume snapshots from tests;
+// test a boundary condition actually happened in the wild, even though on a VM environment.
+func TestGPUWithoutNUMANodeInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("GHW_TESTING_SKIP_GPU"); ok {
+		t.Skip("Skipping PCI tests.")
+	}
+
+	testdataPath, err := testdata.SnapshotsDirectory()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected nil err, but got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	workstationSnapshot := filepath.Join(testdataPath, "linux-amd64-amd-ryzen-1600.tar.gz")
+	// from now on we use constants reflecting the content of the snapshot we requested,
+	// which we reviewed beforehand. IOW, you need to know the content of the
+	// snapshot to fully understand this test. Inspect it using
+	// GHW_SNAPSHOT_PATH="/path/to/linux-amd64-amd-ryzen-1600.tar.gz" ghwc gpu
+
+	tmpRoot, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "ghw-gpu-testing-*")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unable to create temporary directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = snapshot.UnpackInto(workstationSnapshot, tmpRoot, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unable to unpack %q into %q: %v", workstationSnapshot, tmpRoot, err)
+	}
+	defer snapshot.Cleanup(tmpRoot)
+
+	err = os.Remove(filepath.Join(tmpRoot, "/sys/class/drm/card0/device/numa_node"))
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		t.Fatalf("Cannot remove the NUMA node info: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	info, err := gpu.New(option.WithChroot(tmpRoot))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected nil err, but got %v", err)
+	}
+	if info == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected non-nil GPUInfo, but got nil")
+	}
+	if len(info.GraphicsCards) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected >0 GPU cards, but found 0.")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/testdata/snapshots/linux-amd64-61797caf7c0b6bca1725ad7975ed4773.tar.gz b/testdata/snapshots/linux-amd64-61797caf7c0b6bca1725ad7975ed4773.tar.gz
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diff --git a/testdata/snapshots/linux-amd64-amd-ryzen-1600.tar.gz b/testdata/snapshots/linux-amd64-amd-ryzen-1600.tar.gz
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+linux-amd64-61797caf7c0b6bca1725ad7975ed4773.tar.gz
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