diff --git a/internal/app/machined/pkg/controllers/runtime/fs_scrub_config_test.go b/internal/app/machined/pkg/controllers/runtime/fs_scrub_config_test.go
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+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package runtime_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cosi-project/runtime/pkg/resource"
+	"github.com/cosi-project/runtime/pkg/resource/rtestutils"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/machined/pkg/controllers/ctest"
+	runtimectrls "github.com/siderolabs/talos/internal/app/machined/pkg/controllers/runtime"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery/config/container"
+	runtimecfg "github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery/config/types/runtime"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery/resources/config"
+	"github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery/resources/runtime"
+)
+
+type FSScrubConfigSuite struct {
+	ctest.DefaultSuite
+}
+
+func TestFSScrubConfigSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(FSScrubConfigSuite))
+}
+
+func (suite *FSScrubConfigSuite) TestFSScrubConfigNone() {
+	suite.Require().NoError(suite.Runtime().RegisterController(&runtimectrls.FSScrubConfigController{}))
+
+	rtestutils.AssertNoResource[*runtime.FSScrubConfig](suite.Ctx(), suite.T(), suite.State(), runtime.FSScrubConfigID)
+}
+
+func (suite *FSScrubConfigSuite) TestFSScrubConfigMachineConfig() {
+	suite.Require().NoError(suite.Runtime().RegisterController(&runtimectrls.FSScrubConfigController{}))
+
+	FSScrubConfig := &runtimecfg.FilesystemScrubV1Alpha1{
+		FSMountpoint: "/var",
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := container.New(FSScrubConfig)
+	suite.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	suite.Require().NoError(suite.State().Create(suite.Ctx(), config.NewMachineConfig(cfg)))
+
+	rtestutils.AssertResources[*runtime.FSScrubConfig](suite.Ctx(), suite.T(), suite.State(), []resource.ID{runtime.FSScrubConfigID},
+		func(cfg *runtime.FSScrubConfig, asrt *assert.Assertions) {
+			asrt.Equal(
+				"/var",
+				cfg.TypedSpec().Filesystems[0].Mountpoint,
+			)
+			asrt.Equal(
+				runtimecfg.DefaultScrubPeriod,
+				cfg.TypedSpec().Filesystems[0].Period,
+			)
+		})
+}