diff --git a/systemtest/tests/integration/test.sh b/systemtest/tests/integration/test.sh
index 2f6e4170..eedba697 100755
--- a/systemtest/tests/integration/test.sh
+++ b/systemtest/tests/integration/test.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 set -eu
 set -x
 
+. /etc/os-release
+if test "${ID}" = fedora -a ${VERSION_ID} -ge 39; then
+  # HACK
+  # on newer gnupg import the key to the local keyring; this will be solved
+  # once both insights-core and insights-client are fixed to not rely on
+  # root's .gnupg directory:
+  # - https://github.com/RedHatInsights/insights-core/pull/3930
+  # - https://github.com/RedHatInsights/insights-client/pull/154
+  gpg --import /etc/insights-client/redhattools.pub.gpg
+fi
+
 # get to project root
 cd ../../../