diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
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+#!/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 $?
diff --git a/tests/sanity.sh b/tests/sanity.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a simple sanity test to satisfy the RHEL8.1 onboard gating
+# requirement.
+
+ret=0
+qperf --help examples
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+qperf --help tests
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+# launch server
+qperf &
+
+qperf localhost tcp_bw tcp_lat
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+qperf localhost udp_bw udp_lat
+let ret=$ret+$?
+
+# kill off server
+killall qperf
+
+exit $ret
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
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+- 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:
+        - qperf
+        - psmisc