diff --git a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/Makefile b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/Makefile
--- a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/Makefile
+++ b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 
 TEST_METADATA+=	timeout=10
 TEST_METADATA+=	required_kmods="fusefs"
+# NB: per-testcase metadata properties override global metadata properties.
+# This must reference all of the required modules for the test.
+TEST_METADATA.ctl+=	required_kmods="ctl fusefs"
 
 FUSEFS=		${SRCTOP}/sys/fs/fuse
 # Suppress warnings that GCC generates for the libc++ and gtest headers.