diff --git a/.fmf/version b/.fmf/version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d00491f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.fmf/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/plans/test.fmf b/plans/test.fmf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1627f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plans/test.fmf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+summary: Basic smoke test
+discover:
+    how: fmf
+execute:
+    how: tmt
diff --git a/tests/validation/main.fmf b/tests/validation/main.fmf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0611cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/validation/main.fmf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+summary: Lint check for annotation files
+test: ./test.sh
+framework: beakerlib
+require:
+    - cldr-emoji-annotation
+    - libxml2
diff --git a/tests/validation/test.sh b/tests/validation/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..66fdc4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/validation/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# vim: dict+=/usr/share/beakerlib/dictionary.vim cpt=.,w,b,u,t,i,k
+. /usr/share/beakerlib/beakerlib.sh || exit 1
+
+FAILED=0
+for dir in annotations annotationsDerived; do
+    for xml in /usr/share/unicode/cldr/common/$dir/*.xml; do
+        echo xmllint --noout --valid --postvalid $xml
+        xmllint --noout --valid --postvalid $xml
+        if test $? -ne 0 ; then
+            FAILED=1
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+    if test $FAILED -ne 0 ; then
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+rlJournalStart
+    rlPhaseStartTest
+        rlAssertEquals "lint result" $FAILED 0
+    rlPhaseEnd
+rlJournalEnd