diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 491a6a5..654466b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-aardvark-dns-v1.14.0-vendor.tar.gz
-v1.14.0.tar.gz
+aardvark-dns-v1.16.0-vendor.tar.gz
+v1.16.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/aardvark-dns.spec b/aardvark-dns.spec
index abe5af4..76e968c 100644
--- a/aardvark-dns.spec
+++ b/aardvark-dns.spec
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 %endif
 
+%if %{defined fedora}
+%define requires_bats 1
+%endif
+
 Name: aardvark-dns
 %if %{defined copr_username}
 Epoch: 102
@@ -22,10 +26,10 @@ Epoch: 2
 # If that's what you're reading, Version must be 0, and will be updated by Packit for
 # copr and koji builds.
 # If you're reading this on dist-git, the version is automatically filled in by Packit.
-Version: 1.14.0
+Version: 1.16.0
 # The `AND` needs to be uppercase in the License for SPDX compatibility
 License: Apache-2.0 AND MIT AND Zlib
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 %if %{defined golang_arches_future}
 ExclusiveArch: %{golang_arches_future}
 %else
@@ -53,6 +57,27 @@ BuildRequires: rust-srpm-macros
 Forwards other request to configured resolvers.
 Read more about configuration in `src/backend/mod.rs`.
 
+%package tests
+Summary: Tests for %{name}
+
+Requires: %{name} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
+%if %{defined requires_bats}
+Requires: bats
+%else
+Recommends: bats
+%endif
+Requires: bind-utils
+Requires: jq
+Requires: netavark
+Requires: nmap-ncat
+Requires: dnsmasq
+
+%description tests
+%{summary}
+
+This package contains system tests for %{name} and is only intended to be used
+for gating tests.
+
 %prep
 %autosetup -Sgit %{name}-%{version}
 # Following steps are only required on environments like koji which have no
@@ -78,6 +103,14 @@ tar fx %{SOURCE1}
 %install
 %{__make} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix} install
 
+%{__install} -d -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/test
+%{__cp} -rp test/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/test/
+%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/test/tmt/
+
+# Add empty check section to silence rpmlint warning.
+# No tests meant to be run here.
+%check
+
 %files
 %license LICENSE
 %if (0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 10) && !%{defined copr_username}
@@ -87,7 +120,30 @@ tar fx %{SOURCE1}
 %dir %{_libexecdir}/podman
 %{_libexecdir}/podman/%{name}
 
+%files tests
+%{_datadir}/%{name}/test
+
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 15 2025 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1.16.0-2
+- install BATS if it's not available
+- Related: RHEL-80817
+
+* Fri Aug 15 2025 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1.16.0-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/releases/tag/v1.16.0
+- Related: RHEL-80817
+
+* Wed May 14 2025 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1.15.0-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/releases/tag/v1.15.0
+- Related: RHEL-80817
+
+* Fri Mar 14 2025 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@fedoraproject.org> - 2:1.14.0-3
+- fix dep issues in tests subpackage
+- Resolves: RHEL-80817
+
+* Thu Feb 27 2025 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@fedoraproject.org> - 2:1.14.0-2
+- rebuilt to try TMT tests in osci
+- Resolves: RHEL-80817
+
 * Mon Feb 10 2025 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1.14.0-1
 - update to https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns/releases/tag/v1.14.0
 - Related: RHEL-58990
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6cb0151..ce89398 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (aardvark-dns-v1.14.0-vendor.tar.gz) = 0d738d0a737bfc9b6b2fe728de343a6a91c6e197d888fd37c0859b831b05f8c92efce13c268fc8f31a09bb78d43f4330230a0454744523df5a4fa96498ca3dac
-SHA512 (v1.14.0.tar.gz) = 0300c474bb748063bf96488c06920df15ade525a8ee288446d3f30c3cffdccd687744efbb76e54a6b2213c38c02b00400ad79459bd78e8721556ff8dcdc1df8e
+SHA512 (aardvark-dns-v1.16.0-vendor.tar.gz) = 60e31efef6b37f5856d59931372971134707d82794d1fbc2fc2e446bc079efa975dfe00c4c21813502cbab70a1caa58eee38a06b5927f155df80a1232ed4f917
+SHA512 (v1.16.0.tar.gz) = 6acdc06856e88f582f3eb651463dc627b4f33fe78605725f500ba21bd74385fe76bf2cb29adec356618a15b2f288b844e38cbd18c4522f7748b29c6d0ab7f59a