diff --git a/test/TEST-53-ISSUE-16347/meson.build b/test/TEST-53-ISSUE-16347/meson.build
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index 00000000000..0b7644f4ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TEST-53-ISSUE-16347/meson.build
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+
+test_params += {
+        'mkosi_args' : test_params['mkosi_args'] + [
+                '--configure-script', meson.current_source_dir() / 'mkosi.configure',
+        ],
+}
diff --git a/test/TEST-53-ISSUE-16347/mkosi.configure b/test/TEST-53-ISSUE-16347/mkosi.configure
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index 00000000000..d754fe46e2b
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+++ b/test/TEST-53-ISSUE-16347/mkosi.configure
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+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+set -e
+
+RTC="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S -d "+3 days")"
+jq ".QemuArgs += [\"-rtc\", \"base=$RTC\"]"