diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b66659e..e9a3704 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#testing
+tests/artifacts/
+tests/source/
+
 upower-0.9.5.tar.bz2
 /upower-0.9.6.tar.bz2
 /upower-0.9.7.tar.bz2
diff --git a/tests/run-it.sh b/tests/run-it.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5db3a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-it.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+set -u
+
+# main script
+IT="${1:-source/src/linux/integration-test}"
+
+# check if we need to install additional packages
+# which is the case if we are on RHEL 8
+source /etc/os-release || exit 1
+
+if [[ "$ID" = *"rhel"* ]] && [[ "$VERSION_ID" == *"8"* ]]; then
+    dnf config-manager -y --add-repo umockdev.repo
+    dnf install -y umockdev-devel python3-gobject-base
+    pip3 install python-dbusmock
+fi
+
+# execute the integration test via umockdev-wrapper
+exec umockdev-wrapper "$IT"
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..627611a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-source
+    tags:
+    - always
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tags:
+    - atomic
+    - classic
+    required_packages:
+    - upower
+    - pygobject3-devel
+    - python3-dbus
+    - python3-dbusmock
+    - umockdev-devel
+    tests:
+    - smoke:
+        dir: smoke
+        run: upower -d
+    - integration:
+        dir: .
+        run: ./run-it.sh source/src/linux/integration-test