diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 01119ba..51c9c69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
             ./hacking/installdeps.sh
             meson setup build --werror
             meson compile -C build
-            meson test -C build --timeout-multiplier 10
+            env CFS_TEST_ARCH_EMULATION=${{ matrix.arch }} meson test -C build --timeout-multiplier 10
       - name: Upload log
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
diff --git a/libcomposefs/lcfs-mount.c b/libcomposefs/lcfs-mount.c
index 916d984..780d6d1 100644
--- a/libcomposefs/lcfs-mount.c
+++ b/libcomposefs/lcfs-mount.c
@@ -210,20 +210,15 @@ static errint_t lcfs_validate_mount_options(struct lcfs_mount_state_s *state)
 
 static errint_t lcfs_validate_verity_fd(struct lcfs_mount_state_s *state)
 {
-	char buf[sizeof(struct fsverity_digest) + MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
-	struct fsverity_digest *fsv = (struct fsverity_digest *)&buf;
 	int res;
 
 	if (state->expected_digest_len != 0) {
-		fsv->digest_size = MAX_DIGEST_SIZE;
-		res = ioctl(state->fd, FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY, fsv);
-		if (res == -1) {
-			if (errno == ENODATA || errno == EOPNOTSUPP || errno == ENOTTY)
-				return -ENOVERITY;
-			return -errno;
+		uint8_t found_digest[LCFS_DIGEST_SIZE];
+		res = lcfs_fd_measure_fsverity(found_digest, state->fd);
+		if (res < 0) {
+			return res;
 		}
-		if (fsv->digest_size != state->expected_digest_len ||
-		    memcmp(state->expected_digest, fsv->digest, fsv->digest_size) != 0)
+		if (memcmp(state->expected_digest, found_digest, LCFS_DIGEST_SIZE) != 0)
 			return -EWRONGVERITY;
 	}
 
diff --git a/libcomposefs/lcfs-writer.c b/libcomposefs/lcfs-writer.c
index f7560c6..f6e202e 100644
--- a/libcomposefs/lcfs-writer.c
+++ b/libcomposefs/lcfs-writer.c
@@ -564,42 +564,59 @@ int lcfs_compute_fsverity_from_fd(uint8_t *digest, int fd)
 	return lcfs_compute_fsverity_from_content(digest, &_fd, fsverity_read_cb);
 }
 
-// Given a file descriptor, first query the kernel for its fsverity digest.  If
-// it is not available in the kernel, perform an in-memory computation.  The file
-// position will always be reset to zero if needed.
-int lcfs_fd_get_fsverity(uint8_t *digest, int fd)
+// Given a file descriptor, query the kernel for its fsverity digest. It
+// is an error if fsverity is not enabled.
+int lcfs_fd_measure_fsverity(uint8_t *digest, int fd)
 {
-	char buf[sizeof(struct fsverity_digest) + MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
-	struct fsverity_digest *fsv = (struct fsverity_digest *)&buf;
+	union {
+		struct fsverity_digest fsv;
+		char buf[sizeof(struct fsverity_digest) + MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
+	} result;
 
 	// First, ask the kernel if the file already has fsverity; if so we just return
 	// that.
-	fsv->digest_size = MAX_DIGEST_SIZE;
-	int res = ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY, fsv);
+	result.fsv.digest_size = MAX_DIGEST_SIZE;
+	int res = ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY, &result);
 	if (res == -1) {
-		// Under this condition, the file didn't have fsverity enabled or the
-		// kernel doesn't support it at all.  We need to compute it in the current process.
 		if (errno == ENODATA || errno == EOPNOTSUPP || errno == ENOTTY) {
-			// For consistency ensure we start from the beginning.  We could
-			// avoid this by using pread() in the future.
-			if (lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
-				return -errno;
-			return lcfs_compute_fsverity_from_fd(digest, fd);
+			// Canonicalize errno
+			errno = ENOVERITY;
 		}
-		// In this case, we found an unexpected error
 		return -errno;
 	}
 	// The file has fsverity enabled, but with an unexpected different algorithm (e.g. sha512).
 	// This is going to be a weird corner case.  For now, we error out.
-	if (fsv->digest_size != LCFS_DIGEST_SIZE) {
+	if (result.fsv.digest_size != LCFS_DIGEST_SIZE) {
 		return -EWRONGVERITY;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(digest, buf + sizeof(struct fsverity_digest), LCFS_DIGEST_SIZE);
+	memcpy(digest, result.buf + sizeof(struct fsverity_digest), LCFS_DIGEST_SIZE);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+// Given a file descriptor, first query the kernel for its fsverity digest.  If
+// it is not available in the kernel, perform an in-memory computation.  The file
+// position will always be reset to zero if needed.
+int lcfs_fd_get_fsverity(uint8_t *digest, int fd)
+{
+	int res = lcfs_fd_measure_fsverity(digest, fd);
+	if (res == 0) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	// Under this condition, the file didn't have fsverity enabled or the
+	// kernel doesn't support it at all.  We need to compute it in the current process.
+	if (errno == ENODATA || errno == EOPNOTSUPP || errno == ENOTTY) {
+		// For consistency ensure we start from the beginning.  We could
+		// avoid this by using pread() in the future.
+		if (lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)
+			return -errno;
+		return lcfs_compute_fsverity_from_fd(digest, fd);
+	}
+	// In this case, we found an unexpected error
+	return -errno;
+}
+
 int lcfs_compute_fsverity_from_data(uint8_t *digest, uint8_t *data, size_t data_len)
 {
 	FsVerityContext *ctx;
diff --git a/libcomposefs/lcfs-writer.h b/libcomposefs/lcfs-writer.h
index 212164a..a68564f 100644
--- a/libcomposefs/lcfs-writer.h
+++ b/libcomposefs/lcfs-writer.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ LCFS_EXTERN int lcfs_compute_fsverity_from_content(uint8_t *digest, void *file,
 LCFS_EXTERN int lcfs_compute_fsverity_from_fd(uint8_t *digest, int fd);
 LCFS_EXTERN int lcfs_compute_fsverity_from_data(uint8_t *digest, uint8_t *data,
 						size_t data_len);
+LCFS_EXTERN int lcfs_fd_measure_fsverity(uint8_t *digest, int fd);
 LCFS_EXTERN int lcfs_fd_get_fsverity(uint8_t *digest, int fd);
 
 LCFS_EXTERN int lcfs_node_set_from_content(struct lcfs_node_s *node, int dirfd,
diff --git a/tests/test-lcfs.c b/tests/test-lcfs.c
index 9f1ac1d..527271d 100644
--- a/tests/test-lcfs.c
+++ b/tests/test-lcfs.c
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 
 #include "lcfs-writer.h"
+#include "lcfs-mount.h"
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 static inline void lcfs_node_unrefp(struct lcfs_node_s **nodep)
@@ -75,8 +77,26 @@ static void test_add_uninitialized_child(void)
 	assert(errno == EINVAL);
 }
 
+// Verifies that lcfs_fd_measure_fsverity fails on a fd without fsverity
+static void test_no_verity(void)
+{
+	char buf[] = "/tmp/test-verity.XXXXXX";
+	int tmpfd = mkstemp(buf);
+	assert(tmpfd > 0);
+
+	uint8_t digest[LCFS_DIGEST_SIZE];
+	int r = lcfs_fd_measure_fsverity(digest, tmpfd);
+	int errsv = errno;
+	assert(r != 0);
+	// We may get ENOSYS from qemu userspace emulation not implementing the ioctl
+	if (getenv("CFS_TEST_ARCH_EMULATION") == NULL)
+		assert(errsv == ENOVERITY);
+	close(tmpfd);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	test_basic();
+	test_no_verity();
 	test_add_uninitialized_child();
 }