diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index 43fbd0e1e4..90e72b0c02 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -4161,7 +4161,7 @@ static int manager_run_generators(Manager *m) {
 
         /* On some systems /tmp/ doesn't exist, and on some other systems we cannot create it at all. Avoid
          * trying to mount a private tmpfs on it as there's no one size fits all. */
-        if (is_dir("/tmp", /* follow= */ false) > 0)
+        if (is_dir("/tmp", /* follow= */ false) > 0 && !MANAGER_IS_TEST_RUN(m))
                 flags |= FORK_PRIVATE_TMP;
 
         r = safe_fork("(sd-gens)", flags, NULL);
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-65-ANALYZE.sh b/test/units/TEST-65-ANALYZE.sh
index 59dfd4fb57..5f650ade05 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-65-ANALYZE.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-65-ANALYZE.sh
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ systemd-analyze security --offline=true /tmp/testfile.service
 # Ensure we print the list of ACLs, see https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/23185
 systemd-analyze security --offline=true /tmp/testfile.service | grep -q -F "/dev/sda"
 
+# Make sure that running generators under systemd-analyze verify works.
+systemd-analyze verify --generators /tmp/testfile.service
+
 rm /tmp/testfile.service
 
 cat <<EOF >/tmp/img/usr/lib/systemd/system/testfile.service