diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ed194d..00791bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 SOURCES/perftest-4.5-0.20.gac7cca5.tar.gz
 /perftest-4.5-0.20.gac7cca5.tar.gz
+/perftest-23.04.0-0.23.g63e250f.tar.gz
diff --git a/perftest.spec b/perftest.spec
index 853d857..575577f 100644
--- a/perftest.spec
+++ b/perftest.spec
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ Summary:        IB Performance Tests
 # Upstream uses a dash in the version. Not valid in the Version field, so we use a dot instead.
 # Issue "Please avoid dashes in version":
 #   https://github.com/linux-rdma/perftest/issues/18
-%global upstream_ver 4.5-0.20
+%global upstream_ver 23.04.0-0.23
 Version:        %{lua: print((string.gsub(rpm.expand("%{upstream_ver}"),"-",".")))}
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 License:        GPLv2 or BSD
-Source:         https://github.com/linux-rdma/perftest/releases/download/v4.5-0.20/perftest-4.5-0.20.gac7cca5.tar.gz
+Source:         https://github.com/linux-rdma/perftest/releases/download/23.04.0-0.23/perftest-23.04.0-0.23.g63e250f.tar.gz
 Source1:	ib_atomic_bw.1
 Url:            https://github.com/linux-rdma/perftest
 
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ popd
 %_bindir/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 05 2023 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 23.04.0.0.23-1
+- Update to upstream release 23.04.0.0.23
+- Add gating tests
+- Resolves: rhbz#2212517
+
 * Wed Feb 08 2023 Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com> - 4.5.0.20-4
 - Rebase to upstream version 4.5-0.20
 - Resolves: rhbz#2168109
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2f482a9..6dab4c7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (perftest-4.5-0.20.gac7cca5.tar.gz) = fa2a0ca4487134081b178576a0997476c60228847f13142d069d77c7ca69bb8634fd980a6c8e07741029dead677b4a4d0758521adaba046fb2bc2ce3b496ec82
+SHA512 (perftest-23.04.0-0.23.g63e250f.tar.gz) = d1c7c27c3d8463e7172fc5ae308bf639eb8c772e7652a5c398bca56968ea8cc93f610fc09c466f66c7641362d05ab9f43c9a0eff3dcdfb58ecd723353c3c60a9
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 $?
diff --git a/tests/sanity.sh b/tests/sanity.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2190199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a simple sanity test to satisfy the RHEL8.1 onboard gating
+# requirement.
+
+ib_atomic_bw --version
+ret=$?
+
+# for reasons I have not investigated, at least on hosts without any rdma
+# hardware, the above returns 1 instead of 0 (as does --help)
+if [ "$ret" -eq 1 ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+exit $ret
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..813603d
--- /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:
+        - perftest