diff --git a/tests/smoke/runtest.sh b/tests/smoke/runtest.sh
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+++ b/tests/smoke/runtest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# If one of the commands below returns non-zero then exit immediately
+set -e
+
+echo "m17n-db version: `m17n-db --version`"
+echo "m17n-db directory: `m17n-db`"
+echo " "
+echo " "
+echo "Test minimal syntax presence for mim files"
+for file in `ls /usr/share/m17n/*.mim`; do
+    grep "(input-method" $file
+    if [ $? == 0 ]; then
+        echo "PASSED: minimal syntax for $file"
+    else
+        echo "FAILED: minimal syntax for $file"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
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+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  tags:
+  - classic
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tests:
+    - smoke
+    required_packages:
+    - m17n-db
+