diff --git a/gating.yaml b/gating.yaml
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+--- !Policy
+product_versions:
+  - rhel-8
+decision_context: osci_compose_gate
+rules:
+  - !PassingTestCaseRule {test_case_name: osci.brew-build.tier0.functional}
diff --git a/tests/smoke/runtest.sh b/tests/smoke/runtest.sh
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+++ b/tests/smoke/runtest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+python3 test_unicode_emoji.py
+
diff --git a/tests/smoke/test_unicode_emoji.py b/tests/smoke/test_unicode_emoji.py
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+++ b/tests/smoke/test_unicode_emoji.py
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+from collections import defaultdict
+import unittest
+import sys
+
+class TestUnicodeEmoji(unittest.TestCase):
+    dir_path = "/usr/share/unicode/emoji/"
+
+    def test_dummy(self):
+        self.assertEqual(True, True)
+
+    @unittest.expectedFailure
+    def test_expected_failure(self):
+        self.assertEqual(False, True)
+
+    def test_emoji_data(self):
+        self.parser(filename=self.dir_path+"emoji-data.txt")
+
+    def test_emoji_sequences(self):
+        self.parser(filename=self.dir_path+"emoji-sequences.txt")
+
+    def test_emoji_zwj_sequences(self):
+        self.parser(filename=self.dir_path+"emoji-zwj-sequences.txt")
+
+    def parser(self, filename):
+        file_content = list()
+        report = defaultdict(dict)
+        with open(filename, "r") as fobj:
+            lines = fobj.readlines()
+
+        count = 0
+        curr_head = None
+        for line in lines:
+
+                def count_group_emoji(line, count):
+                    '''
+                    This function increments the count with the value inside "[ ]"
+                    '''
+                    if "[" in line:
+                        return count + int(line.split("[")[1].split("]")[0])
+                    return count + 1
+
+                if line.startswith("\n"):
+                    continue
+
+                elif count == 0 and not line.startswith("#"):
+                    curr_head = line.split(";")[0].strip()
+                    count = count_group_emoji(line , count)
+                    report[curr_head]['actual_count'] = count
+
+                elif line.startswith("# Total elements"):
+                    report[curr_head]['expected_count'] = int(line.split(":")[1])
+                    count = 0
+
+                elif not line.startswith("#"):
+                    count = count_group_emoji(line ,count)
+                    report[curr_head]['actual_count'] = count
+
+        print(report)
+
+        def validate(report):
+            '''
+            This function will validate if the actual_count equals expected_count
+            '''
+            for key,data in report.items():
+                self.assertEqual(data['actual_count'],data['expected_count'])
+
+        validate(report)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
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+++ b/tests/tests.yml
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+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  tags:
+  - classic
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tests:
+    - smoke
+    required_packages:
+    - python3