diff --git a/tests/make_check.sh b/tests/make_check.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a7883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/make_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+check_return_value () {
+    if [ $1 != 0 ] ; then
+        exit $1
+    fi
+}
+
+cd $1
+./configure --prefix=/usr
+check_return_value $?
+make check && rc=0 || rc=1; cat tests/test-suite.log
+exit $rc
diff --git a/tests/run_python_doctests.sh b/tests/run_python_doctests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fc9b739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_python_doctests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+check_return_value () {
+    if [ $1 != 0 ] ; then
+        exit $1
+    fi
+}
+
+pushd /usr/share/ibus-table/engine
+for i in $@; do
+    python3 ${i} -v
+    check_return_value $?
+done
+popd
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
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index 0000000..5c56598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+  - artifacts: "{{ lookup('env', 'TEST_ARTIFACTS')|default('./artifacts', true) }}"
+  tags:
+  - classic
+  remote_user: root
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-source  # to get the source tar ball to do “make check”
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    required_packages:
+    - make
+    - libappstream-glib
+    - desktop-file-utils
+    - python3-gobject
+    - python3-gobject-base
+    - glib2
+    - gtk3
+    - dconf
+    - dbus-x11
+    - ibus
+    - ibus-devel
+    - gcc
+    - python3-devel
+    - python3-pyxdg
+    - ibus-table-chinese-wubi-jidian
+    - ibus-table-chinese-cangjie
+    - ibus-table-chinese-stroke5
+    - ibus-table-code
+    - ibus-table-latin
+    - ibus-table-translit
+    tests:
+    - make-check:
+        dir: ./
+        run: bash ./make_check.sh ./source
+    - doctests-table.py:
+        dir: ./
+        run: bash ./run_python_doctests.sh table.py
+    - doctests-it_util.py:
+        dir: ./
+        run: bash ./run_python_doctests.sh it_util.py