diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f959461..07d5874 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-/stress-ng-0.13.10.tar.xz
-/stress-ng-0.14.00.tar.xz
-/stress-ng-0.15.00.tar.xz
+*.swp
+/stress-ng-*.tar.xz
diff --git a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78042b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# make sure we have stress-ng installed
+if rpm -q --quiet stress-ng; then
+    :
+else
+    sudo dnf install -y stress-ng
+    if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+        echo "install of stress-ng failed!"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+ 
+# See if stress-ng is installed and executable
+stress-ng --help 2>> /dev/null
+if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+    exit 2
+fi
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e01734e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tags:
+    - classic
+    tests:
+    - simple:
+        dir: scripts
+        run: ./run_tests.sh
+    required_packages:
+    - make
+    - stress-ng