diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5fb43f92..c3b91520 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ jobs:
             test: { name: "apertis", case: "apertis" }
           - backend: { name: "uml", backend: "--fakemachine-backend=uml" }
             test: { name: "partitioning", case: "partitioning" }
+          - backend: { name: "uml", backend: "--fakemachine-backend=uml" }
+            test: { name: "run", case: "run" }
     name: ${{matrix.test.name}} on ${{matrix.backend.name}}
     steps:
       - name: Repository checkout
diff --git a/tests/run/scripts/test-broken-symlink.sh b/tests/run/scripts/test-broken-symlink.sh
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..21840b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/scripts/test-broken-symlink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+broken.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/run/scripts/test-no-exec-bit.sh b/tests/run/scripts/test-no-exec-bit.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/run/scripts/test-symlink.sh b/tests/run/scripts/test-symlink.sh
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..61a58b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/scripts/test-symlink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/run/scripts/test.sh b/tests/run/scripts/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4bb639a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/scripts/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "test from script; arguments: $@"
diff --git a/tests/run/test.yaml b/tests/run/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45baa54a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+architecture: amd64
+
+actions:
+  - action: debootstrap
+    suite: bullseye
+    variant: minbase
+    merged-usr: true
+
+  - action: run
+    description: Run a script which is a symlink
+    script: scripts/test-symlink.sh argument1 argument2
+
+  - action: run
+    description: Run a script with arguments
+    script: scripts/test.sh argument1 argument2
+
+  - action: run
+    description: Run a script without arguments
+    script: scripts/test.sh
+
+  - action: run
+    description: Run a script with arguments in a chroot
+    chroot: true
+    script: scripts/test.sh argument1 argument2
+
+  - action: run
+    description: Run a script without arguments in chroot
+    chroot: true
+    script: scripts/test.sh
+
+  - action: run
+    description: Test running a command
+    command: echo test
+
+  # TODO: This should fail in the Verify stage, we cannot yet check that in CI
+  #- action: run
+  #  description: Run a script which has a broken symlink
+  #  chroot: true
+  #  script: scripts/test-broken-symlink.sh
+
+  # TODO: This should fail in the Verify stage, we cannot yet check that in CI
+  #- action: run
+  #  description: Run a script which has no exec bit set
+  #  chroot: true
+  #  script: scripts/test-broken-symlink.sh