diff --git a/tools/binman/test/286_template.dts b/tools/binman/test/286_template.dts
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		u-boot-img {
+		};
+
+		common_part: template {
+			u-boot {
+			};
+
+			intel-vga {
+				filename = "vga.bin";
+			};
+		};
+
+		first {
+			type = "section";
+			insert-template = <&common_part>;
+
+			u-boot-dtb {
+			};
+		};
+
+		second {
+			type = "section";
+			insert-template = <&common_part>;
+
+			u-boot-dtb {
+			};
+
+			intel-vga {
+				filename = "vga2.bin";
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};