diff --git a/libvma.spec b/libvma.spec
index 6395aa9..8227788 100644
--- a/libvma.spec
+++ b/libvma.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name: libvma
 Version: 9.8.20
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}.1
 Summary: A library for boosting TCP and UDP traffic (over RDMA hardware)
 
 License: GPLv2 or BSD
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/vma
 %{_mandir}/man8/vma_stats.*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 05 2023 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 9.8.20-1.1
+- Add gating tests
+- Resolves: rhbz#2170074
+
 * Thu Jun 01 2023 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 9.8.20-1
 - Update to upstream release 9.8.20.
 - Add gating tests
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..11017ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# when running this in 1minutetip the PATH must be specified to execute
+# in the local directory.
+echo "Setting path to local directory"
+PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)
+
+# simple sanity test
+sanity.sh
+exit $?
diff --git a/tests/sanity.sh b/tests/sanity.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1e456b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a simple sanity test to satisfy the RHEL8.1 onboard gating
+# requirement.
+
+vmad --help
+ret=$?
+
+exit $ret
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6391b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+    - role: standard-test-basic
+      tags:
+        - classic
+      tests:
+        - simple:
+            dir: .                                 # switch to subfolder. This parameter is REQUIRED, use `dir: .` for current folder
+            run: ./run_tests.sh                             # this is your test command, its exit code is the outcome of the test
+      required_packages:
+        - libvma