diff --git a/examples/elf/main/Makefile b/examples/elf/main/Makefile
index 76093ea5f88..5ad3d9f623c 100644
--- a/examples/elf/main/Makefile
+++ b/examples/elf/main/Makefile
@@ -69,8 +69,24 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_ELF_ROMFS),y)
 ROMFSIMG = elf_romfs.img
 ROMFSSRC = elf_romfs.c
 ROMFSOBJ = $(ROMFSSRC:.c=$(OBJEXT))
+ifdef CONFIG_SYSTEM_NXPKG
+PKGINDEX = $(BINDIR)/index.json
+PKGBADINDEX = $(BINDIR)/bad-index.json
+PKGTEST  = $(BINDIR)/pkgtest.nsh
+PKGFAIL  = $(BINDIR)/pkgfail.nsh
+PKG_FIXTURE_GEN = $(APPDIR)/examples/elf/main/mk_pkg_fixture.py
+PKG_FIXTURE_OUTPUTS = $(PKGINDEX) $(PKGBADINDEX) $(PKGTEST) $(PKGFAIL)
+PKG_FIXTURE_INPUTS = $(BINDIR)/hello
+PKG_FIXTURE_ARGS = \
+	$(BINDIR)/hello $(PKGINDEX) $(PKGBADINDEX) $(PKGTEST) $(PKGFAIL) \
+	$(CONFIG_ARCH) $(CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD)
+
+$(PKG_FIXTURE_OUTPUTS) &: $(PKG_FIXTURE_INPUTS) $(PKG_FIXTURE_GEN)
+	$(Q) python3 $(PKG_FIXTURE_GEN) \
+		$(PKG_FIXTURE_ARGS)
+endif
 
-$(ROMFSIMG):
+$(ROMFSIMG): $(PKG_FIXTURE_OUTPUTS)
 	$(Q) genromfs -d $(BINDIR) -f $@
 
 $(ROMFSSRC): $(ROMFSIMG)
diff --git a/examples/elf/main/mk_pkg_fixture.py b/examples/elf/main/mk_pkg_fixture.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0014608f3f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/elf/main/mk_pkg_fixture.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import pathlib
+import sys
+
+
+def sha256_file(path: pathlib.Path) -> str:
+    digest = hashlib.sha256()
+    with path.open("rb") as infile:
+        while True:
+            chunk = infile.read(4096)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            digest.update(chunk)
+
+    return digest.hexdigest()
+
+
+def write_index(path: pathlib.Path, arch: str, compat: str,
+                artifact: str, digest: str) -> None:
+    payload = {
+        "packages": [
+            {
+                "name": "hello",
+                "version": "1.0.0",
+                "arch": arch,
+                "compat": compat,
+                "artifact": artifact,
+                "sha256": digest,
+                "type": "elf",
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "hello",
+                "version": "9.9.9",
+                "arch": "arm",
+                "compat": "stm32f4discovery",
+                "artifact": artifact,
+                "sha256": digest,
+                "type": "elf",
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+    path.write_text(json.dumps(payload, separators=(",", ":")) + "\n",
+                    encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def write_bad_index(path: pathlib.Path, arch: str, compat: str) -> None:
+    payload = {
+        "packages": [
+            {
+                "name": "hello-missing",
+                "version": "1.0.0",
+                "arch": arch,
+                "compat": compat,
+                "artifact": "/mnt/elf/romfs/hello-missing",
+                "sha256": "0" * 64,
+                "type": "elf",
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+    path.write_text(json.dumps(payload, separators=(",", ":")) + "\n",
+                    encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def write_script(path: pathlib.Path) -> None:
+    script = "\n".join(
+        [
+            "mount -t tmpfs /etc",
+            "mount -t tmpfs /var",
+            "mkdir /etc/nxpkg",
+            "cp /mnt/elf/romfs/index.json /etc/nxpkg/index.json",
+            "nxpkg install hello",
+            "nxpkg list",
+            "",
+        ]
+    )
+    path.write_text(script, encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def write_fail_script(path: pathlib.Path) -> None:
+    script = "\n".join(
+        [
+            "mount -t tmpfs /etc",
+            "mount -t tmpfs /var",
+            "mkdir /etc/nxpkg",
+            "cp /mnt/elf/romfs/bad-index.json /etc/nxpkg/index.json",
+            "nxpkg install hello-missing",
+            "",
+        ]
+    )
+    path.write_text(script, encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    if len(sys.argv) != 8:
+        print(
+            "usage: mk_pkg_fixture.py <hello-bin> <index-json> <bad-index-json> "
+            "<pkgtest-nsh> <pkgfail-nsh> <arch> <compat>",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        return 1
+
+    hello = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[1])
+    index = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[2])
+    bad_index = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[3])
+    script = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[4])
+    fail_script = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[5])
+    arch = sys.argv[6]
+    compat = sys.argv[7]
+    artifact = "/mnt/elf/romfs/hello"
+
+    digest = sha256_file(hello)
+    write_index(index, arch, compat, artifact, digest)
+    write_bad_index(bad_index, arch, compat)
+    write_script(script)
+    write_fail_script(fail_script)
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())