diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/DeviceList.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/DeviceList.cpp
index 6b770a982..c7de12e88 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/DeviceList.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/DeviceList.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ QList< Device* >
 getDevices( DeviceType which )
 {
     CoreBackend* backend = CoreBackendManager::self()->backend();
+    if ( !backend )
+    {
+        cWarning() << "No KPM backend found.";
+        return {};
+    }
 #if defined( WITH_KPMCORE4API )
     DeviceList devices = backend->scanDevices( /* not includeReadOnly, not includeLoopback */ ScanFlag( 0 ) );
 #else
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/partition/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 8edef484c..2839270fb 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/partition/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include_directories(
 )
 
 calamares_add_test(
-    partitionjobtests
+    partitionjobtest
     SOURCES
         PartitionJobTests.cpp
         ${PartitionModule_SOURCE_DIR}/core/KPMHelpers.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ calamares_add_test(
 )
 
 calamares_add_test(
-    clearmountsjobtests
+    partitionclearmountsjobtest
     SOURCES
         ${PartitionModule_SOURCE_DIR}/jobs/ClearMountsJob.cpp
         ClearMountsJobTests.cpp
@@ -42,27 +42,32 @@ calamares_add_test(
 
 
 calamares_add_test(
-    createlayoutstests
+    partitioncreatelayoutstest
     SOURCES
+        CreateLayoutsTests.cpp
         ${PartitionModule_SOURCE_DIR}/core/KPMHelpers.cpp
         ${PartitionModule_SOURCE_DIR}/core/PartitionInfo.cpp
         ${PartitionModule_SOURCE_DIR}/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
         ${PartitionModule_SOURCE_DIR}/core/PartUtils.cpp
         ${PartitionModule_SOURCE_DIR}/core/DeviceModel.cpp
-        CreateLayoutsTests.cpp
     LIBRARIES
         kpmcore
-        calamares
-        calamaresui
-        Qt5::Gui
+        Calamares::calamaresui
     DEFINITIONS ${_partition_defs}
 )
 
 calamares_add_test(
-    automounttests
+    partitionautomounttest
     SOURCES
         ${PartitionModule_SOURCE_DIR}/jobs/AutoMountManagementJob.cpp
         AutoMountTests.cpp
-    LIBRARIES
-        calamares
+)
+
+calamares_add_test(
+    partitiondevicestest
+    SOURCES
+        DevicesTests.cpp
+        ${PartitionModule_SOURCE_DIR}/core/DeviceList.cpp
+    LIBRARIES
+        kpmcore
 )
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/tests/DevicesTests.cpp b/src/modules/partition/tests/DevicesTests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c63d7476d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/partition/tests/DevicesTests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://calamares.io> ===
+ *
+ *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
+ *   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ *   Calamares is Free Software: see the License-Identifier above.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "core/DeviceList.h"
+
+#include "partition/KPMManager.h"
+#include "utils/Logger.h"
+
+#include <kpmcore/backend/corebackend.h>
+#include <kpmcore/backend/corebackendmanager.h>
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QtTest/QtTest>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+class DevicesTests : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    DevicesTests();
+
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    void testKPMScanDevices();
+    void testPartUtilScanDevices();
+
+private:
+    std::unique_ptr< CalamaresUtils::Partition::KPMManager > m_d;
+    bool m_isRoot = false;
+};
+
+DevicesTests::DevicesTests()
+    : m_d( std::make_unique< CalamaresUtils::Partition::KPMManager >() )
+    , m_isRoot( geteuid() == 0 )
+{
+}
+
+void
+DevicesTests::testKPMScanDevices()
+{
+    Logger::setupLogLevel( Logger::LOGVERBOSE );
+
+    cDebug() << "Getting devices via KPMCore";
+    CoreBackend* backend = CoreBackendManager::self()->backend();
+    QVERIFY( backend );
+#if defined( WITH_KPMCORE4API )
+    auto flags = ScanFlag( ~0 );
+#else
+    auto flags = true;
+#endif
+    auto devices = backend->scanDevices( flags );  // These flags try to get "all"
+    cDebug() << Logger::SubEntry << "Done getting devices.";
+
+    if ( !m_isRoot )
+    {
+        QEXPECT_FAIL( "", "Test invalid when not root", Continue );
+    }
+    QVERIFY( devices.count() > 0 );
+}
+
+void
+DevicesTests::testPartUtilScanDevices()
+{
+    Logger::setupLogLevel( Logger::LOGVERBOSE );
+
+    cDebug() << "Getting devices via PartUtils";
+    auto devices = PartUtils::getDevices();
+    cDebug() << Logger::SubEntry << "Done getting devices.";
+
+    if ( !m_isRoot )
+    {
+        QEXPECT_FAIL( "", "Test invalid when not root", Continue );
+    }
+    QVERIFY( devices.count() > 0 );
+}
+
+QTEST_GUILESS_MAIN( DevicesTests )
+
+#include "utils/moc-warnings.h"
+
+#include "DevicesTests.moc"