diff --git a/test/scripts/configure-generators b/test/scripts/configure-generators
index c30fabe2a9..77c6c243ee 100755
--- a/test/scripts/configure-generators
+++ b/test/scripts/configure-generators
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import sys
 import imgtestlib as testlib
 
 ARCHITECTURES = ["x86_64", "aarch64"]
+MANIFEST_ONLY_ARCHES = ["ppc64le", "s390x"]
 
 
 BASE_CONFIG = """
@@ -90,6 +91,19 @@ image-build-ostree-trigger-{distro}-{arch}:
 """
 
 
+MANIFEST_GEN_TEMPLATE = """
+generate-manifests-{distro}-{arch}:
+  stage: gen
+  extends: .terraform
+  variables:
+    RUNNER: aws/fedora-39-x86_64
+    INTERNAL_NETWORK: "true"
+  script:
+    - sudo ./test/scripts/install-dependencies
+    - go run ./cmd/gen-manifests --arches {arch} --distros {distro} --workers 10
+"""
+
+
 def main():
     config_path = sys.argv[1]
     images = testlib.list_images(arches=ARCHITECTURES)
@@ -112,6 +126,16 @@ def main():
         ostree_gen_stage.append(OSTREE_GEN_TEMPLATE.format(distro=img["distro"], arch=img["arch"], cache=cache))
         ostree_trigger_stage.append(OSTREE_TRIGGER_TEMPLATE.format(distro=img["distro"], arch=img["arch"], cache=cache))
 
+    man_only_images = testlib.list_images(arches=MANIFEST_ONLY_ARCHES)
+    man_gen_stage = []
+    for img in man_only_images:
+        combo = (img["distro"], img["arch"])
+        if combo in combos:
+            continue
+
+        combos.add(combo)
+        man_gen_stage.append(MANIFEST_GEN_TEMPLATE.format(distro=img["distro"], arch=img["arch"]))
+
     with open(config_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as config_file:
         config_file.write(BASE_CONFIG)
         config_file.write(testlib.BASE_CONFIG)
@@ -119,6 +143,7 @@ def main():
         config_file.write("\n".join(trigger_stage))
         config_file.write("\n".join(ostree_gen_stage))
         config_file.write("\n".join(ostree_trigger_stage))
+        config_file.write("\n".join(man_gen_stage))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":