diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f632f8..e6ffcbe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
+*.swp
+*.rpm
+clog
+/tuna-0.11.tar.bz2
+/tuna-0.11.1.tar.bz2
+/tuna-0.12.tar.xz
+/tuna-0.13.1.tar.xz
+/tuna-0.13.3.tar.xz
+/tuna-0.14.tar.xz
+/tuna-0.15.tar.xz
+/tuna-0.16.tar.xz
 /tuna-0.17.tar.xz
 /tuna-0.18.tar.xz
diff --git a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66b391b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+# make sure we have tuna installed
+if rpm -q --quiet tuna; then
+    :
+else
+    sudo dnf install -y tuna
+    if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+	echo "install of tuna failed!"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+# run a simple command to show help
+tuna --help
+
+if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6331a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tags:
+    - classic
+    tests:
+    - simple:
+        dir: scripts
+        run: ./run_tests.sh
+    required_packages:
+    - tuna