diff --git a/pmix.spec b/pmix.spec
index dde8cf8..1ac1527 100644
--- a/pmix.spec
+++ b/pmix.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           pmix
 Version:        2.2.5
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Process Management Interface Exascale (PMIx)
 License:        BSD
 URL:            https://pmix.org/
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ EOF
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 14 2023 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 2.2.5-3
+- Add gating test
+- Resolves: RHEL-3692
+
 * Thu Nov 02 2023 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 2.2.5-2
 - Fix CVE-2023-41915
 - Resolves: RHEL-3692
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 $?
diff --git a/tests/sanity.sh b/tests/sanity.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..68042d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a simple sanity test to satisfy the RHEL8.1 onboard gating
+# requirement.
+
+ret=0
+test="/usr/share/pmix/test/pmix_test"
+
+$test -h
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+$test --test-publish
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+$test --test-connect
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+$test --test-resolve-peers
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+$test --test-error
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+$test --test-internal 10
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+exit $ret
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6625595
--- /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:
+        - pmix