diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f54ab6c..bdda66e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-SOURCES/python-schedutils-0.6.tar.xz
+python-schedutils-0.2.tar.bz2
+/python-schedutils-0.4.tar.bz2
+/python-schedutils-0.4.tar.xz
+/python-schedutils-0.5.tar.xz
 /python-schedutils-0.6.tar.xz
diff --git a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7332d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+# make sure we have rteval installed
+if rpm -q --quiet python3-schedutils; then
+    :
+else
+    sudo dnf install -y python3-schedutils
+    if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+	echo "install of python3-schedutils failed!"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9de496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tags:
+    - classic
+    tests:
+    - pchrt:
+        dir: .
+        run: pchrt --help
+    - ptaskset:
+        dir: .
+        run: ptaskset --help
+    required_packages:
+    - python3-schedutils