diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/cleanup.yml b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/cleanup.yml
index 72ba14b..af9db68 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/cleanup.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/cleanup.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,10 @@
         name: testvm2
         namespace: default
         wait: true
+
+    - name: Delete the stopped VM
+      kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm:
+        state: absent
+        name: testvm-stopped
+        namespace: default
+        wait: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/playbook.yml b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/playbook.yml
index cc0ef77..834bde9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/playbook.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/playbook.yml
@@ -52,3 +52,13 @@
               name: containerdisk
         wait: true
         wait_timeout: 600
+
+    - name: Create a stopped VM
+      kubevirt.core.kubevirt_vm:
+        state: present
+        name: testvm-stopped
+        namespace: default
+        running: false
+        spec:
+          domain:
+            devices: {}
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/verify.yml b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/verify.yml
index dc8d64a..1864a82 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/verify.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_kubevirt/verify.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
       ansible.builtin.include_vars:
         file: all.yml
         name: inv_all
-    - name: Assert two instances with different labels
+    - name: Assert all expected hosts were discovered
       ansible.builtin.assert:
         that:
           - inv_all['all']['children']['label_app_test']['hosts'] | length == 1
           - inv_all['all']['children']['label_foo_bar']['hosts'] | length == 1
+          - "'default-testvm-stopped' in inv_all['all']['children']['test']['children']['namespace_default']['hosts']"
     - name: Read filtered inventory
       ansible.builtin.include_vars:
         file: label.yml