diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 612a875fc72..b9f6267cf04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update -y
         sudo apt-get install -y valgrind
-    
+
     - uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         path: ~/.conan/
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ jobs:
       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       test-type: ${{ matrix.test-type }}
 
+  test-slurm:
+    needs: [build-linux]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11' ]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/test_ert_with_slurm.yml
+    with:
+      os: ${{ matrix.os }}
+      python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
   test-mac:
     needs: [build-mac]
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_ert_with_slurm.yml b/.github/workflows/test_ert_with_slurm.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b24718c785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_ert_with_slurm.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      os:
+        type: string
+      python-version:
+        type: string
+jobs:
+  test-poly-on-slurm:
+    name: Run ert tests
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      id: setup_python
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        cache: "pip"
+        cache-dependency-path: |
+          setup.py
+          pyproject.toml
+
+    - name: Get wheels
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: ${{ inputs.os }} Python ${{ inputs.python-version }} wheel
+
+    - name: Install wheel
+      run: |
+        find . -name "*.whl" -exec pip install "{}[dev]" \;
+
+    - name: Install and setup slurm
+      run: |
+        set -e
+
+        sudo apt install slurmd slurmctld -y
+
+        cat <<EOF > slurm.conf
+        ClusterName=localcluster
+        SlurmctldHost=localhost
+        SelectType=select/cons_res  # Select nodes based on consumable resources
+        SelectTypeParameters=CR_Core  # Cores are the consumable resource
+        ProctrackType=proctrack/linuxproc  # Use /proc to track processes
+        PartitionName=LocalQ Nodes=ALL Default=YES MaxTime=INFINITE State=UP
+        EOF
+
+        # Self-configure the node:
+        slurmd -C | grep NodeName >> slurm.conf
+
+        cat slurm.conf
+
+        sudo mv slurm.conf /etc/slurm/
+        sudo systemctl start slurmd  # The compute node slurm daemon
+        sudo systemctl start slurmctld  # The slurm controller daemon
+
+        # Show partition and node information configured:
+        sinfo
+
+    - name: Verify slurm cluster works
+      # Timeout is set low to catch a misconfigured cluster where srun will hang.
+      timeout-minutes: 1
+      run: |
+        srun env | grep SLURM
+        # Several SLURM_* env variables are defined only when run through slurm
+
+
+    - name: Test poly-example on slurm
+      run: |
+        set -e
+
+        cd test-data/poly_example
+        echo "QUEUE_SYSTEM SLURM" >> poly.ert
+        time ert ensemble_experiment poly.ert