diff --git a/nixos/tests/librenms.nix b/nixos/tests/librenms.nix
index 5a32b62e1409..14035a01ce87 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/librenms.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/librenms.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ in
         API_USER_NAME=api
         API_TOKEN=${api_token} # random md5 hash
 
+        # seeding database to get the admin roles
+        ${pkgs.librenms}/artisan db:seed --force --no-interaction
+
         # we don't need to know the password, it just has to exist
         API_USER_PASS=$(${pkgs.pwgen}/bin/pwgen -s 64 1)
         ${pkgs.librenms}/artisan user:add $API_USER_NAME -r admin -p $API_USER_PASS