diff --git a/tests/smoke/runtest.sh b/tests/smoke/runtest.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39abf0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke/runtest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# If one of the commands below returns non-zero then exit immediately
+set -e
+
+cd ../source
+
+wget https://releases.pagure.org/lohit/lohit-devanagari-2.95.4.tar.gz
+tar -xzvf ./lohit-devanagari-2.95.4.tar.gz
+cd lohit-devanagari-2.95.4
+make ttf
+old_size=`stat -c "%s" /usr/share/fonts/lohit-devanagari/Lohit-Devanagari.ttf`
+new_size=`stat -c "%s" Lohit-Devanagari.ttf`
+if [ $old_size -ne $new_size ]; then
+        echo "FAILED: ttfautohint generated different ttf file"
+else
+        echo "PASSED: ttfautohint generated same ttf file"
+fi
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4060571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  tags:
+  - classic
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-source
+
+- hosts: localhost
+  tags:
+  - classic
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tests:
+    - smoke
+    required_packages:
+    - ttfautohint
+    - make
+    - fontforge
+    - lohit-devanagari-fonts
+    - wget
diff --git a/ttfautohint.spec b/ttfautohint.spec
index b545fd4..19cf29e 100644
--- a/ttfautohint.spec
+++ b/ttfautohint.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           ttfautohint
 Version:        1.8.3
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Summary:        Automated hinting utility for TrueType fonts
 License:        FTL or GPLv2
 URL:            http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -delete
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ttfautohint.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 24 2021 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 1.8.3-7
+- Resolves:rhbz#1962001 - Add gating tests from rhel-8
+
 * Fri Apr 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 1.8.3-6
 - Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937