diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
index 9c618d4809f976ee2cedbd52559ce4d98a8885d5..58864ec163b79a9789cb68bcec5759acdb389b63 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ def test_arm_raspi2_initrd(self):
                                                 'BCM2835')
         exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/iomem',
                                                 '/soc/cprman@7e101000')
-        exec_command(self, 'halt')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'halt', 'reboot: System halted')
         # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
         self.vm.wait()
 
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
index d5dc299dc1f593f5638e5dd61d6a2c55f3e6fb35..a64e950f0764e03168f55a6dfe59784e4e95f4d3 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ RUN cat /etc/apt/sources.list | sed "s/^deb\ /deb-src /" >> /etc/apt/sources.lis
 # Install QEMU build deps for use in CI
 RUN apt update && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -yy eatmydata && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt install -yy git ninja-build && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt install -yy bison flex git ninja-build && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata \
     apt build-dep -yy --arch-only qemu
 COPY --from=0 /usr/local /usr/local