diff --git a/tests/sanity/runtest.sh b/tests/sanity/runtest.sh
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+++ b/tests/sanity/runtest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Include Beaker environment
+. /usr/share/beakerlib/beakerlib.sh || exit 1
+
+PACKAGE="libvarlink"
+
+rlJournalStart
+    rlPhaseStartSetup
+        rlAssertRpm $PACKAGE
+        rlRun "git clone https://github.com/varlink/libvarlink; cd libvarlink; meson build;make"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest
+        rlLog "Starting tests ..."
+        rlRun "cd build; ninja test"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartCleanup
+       rlLog "libvarlink tests done"
+       rlRun "rm -rf libvarlink"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+rlJournalPrintText
+rlJournalEnd
+
+rlGetTestState
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
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+++ b/tests/tests.yml
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+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+    - role: standard-test-beakerlib
+      tags:
+        - classic
+      tests:
+        - sanity
+      required_packages:
+        - libvarlink
+        - meson
+        - ninja-build
+        - gcc