diff --git a/gating.yaml b/gating.yaml
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index 0000000..617c71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gating.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- !Policy
+product_versions:
+  - rhel-*
+decision_context: osci_compose_gate
+rules:
+  - !PassingTestCaseRule {test_case_name: osci.brew-build.tier0.functional}
+  - !PassingTestCaseRule {test_case_name: xen-ci.brew-build.tier1.functional}
diff --git a/tests/augtool_test.sh b/tests/augtool_test.sh
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index 0000000..31afd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/augtool_test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+
+augtool -L > augtool_test.out 2> augtool_test.err <<EOF
+# do not try to parse /etc/profile.d/*, and /etc/profile files,
+# as the Shellvars lens cannot handle their advanced syntax
+rm /augeas/load/Shellvars/*[. =~ regexp("/etc/profile.*")]
+
+# exclude /etc/mke2fs.conf, as it has various issues:
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1807010
+rm /augeas/load/Mke2fs/
+
+# exclude 21-cloudinit.conf, which seems to have issues
+ins excl before /augeas/load/Rsyslog/*[label() = 'excl'][position() = 1]
+set /augeas/load/Rsyslog/*[label() = 'excl'][position() = 1] /etc/rsyslog.d/21-cloudinit.conf
+
+# load, and print the errors
+load
+print /augeas//error
+EOF
+
+# remove output related to the removal of the /etc/profile.* 'incl'
+# transforms
+sed -i '/^rm /d' augtool_test.out
+
+echo "BEGIN output ========"
+cat augtool_test.out
+echo "END output ========"
+echo "BEGIN error ========"
+cat augtool_test.err
+echo "END error ========"
+
+test ! -s augtool_test.out
+test ! -s augtool_test.err
diff --git a/tests/devel.sh b/tests/devel.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/devel.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+
+pkg-config --cflags augeas
+pkg-config --libs augeas
+
+src_dump="$(realpath source/examples/dump.c)"
+
+tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+pushd "$tmpdir"
+
+gcc -o dump $(pkg-config --cflags --libs augeas) "$src_dump"
+test -x dump
+./dump > /dev/null
+
+popd
+rm -rf "$tmpdir"
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
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+++ b/tests/tests.yml
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+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-source
+    tags:
+    - always
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tags:
+    - atomic
+    - classic
+    - container
+    required_packages:
+    - augeas
+    - augeas-devel
+    - libxml2-devel
+    - gcc
+    - pkg-config
+    - chrony                      # test its configs
+    - fuse                        # test its configs
+    - iscsi-initiator-utils       # test its configs
+    - lvm2                        # test its configs
+    - mdadm                       # test its configs
+    - openssh-server              # test its configs
+    - rsync                       # test its configs
+    - rsyslog                     # test its configs
+    - sudo                        # test its configs
+    tests:
+    - augtool_test:
+        dir: .
+        run: ./augtool_test.sh
+    - devel:
+        dir: .
+        run: ./devel.sh