diff --git a/internals/testintegration/pebble_another_test.go b/internals/testintegration/pebble_another_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4aee4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internals/testintegration/pebble_another_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package testintegration_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/canonical/pebble/internals/testintegration"
+)
+
+func TestPebbleSomethingElse(t *testing.T) {
+	pebbleDir := t.TempDir()
+	CreateLayer(t, pebbleDir, "001-simple-layer.yaml", DefaultLayerYAML)
+	_ = PebbleRun(t, pebbleDir)
+	// do something
+}
diff --git a/internals/testintegration/pebble_run_test.go b/internals/testintegration/pebble_run_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22f50dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internals/testintegration/pebble_run_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package testintegration_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/canonical/pebble/internals/testintegration"
+)
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	if err := Setup(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Setup failed with error:", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	exitVal := m.Run()
+	os.Exit(exitVal)
+}
+
+func TestPebbleRunWithSimpleLayer(t *testing.T) {
+	pebbleDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	layerYAML := `
+services:
+    demo-service:
+        override: replace
+        command: sleep 1000
+        startup: enabled
+`[1:]
+	CreateLayer(t, pebbleDir, "001-simple-layer.yaml", layerYAML)
+
+	logs := PebbleRun(t, pebbleDir)
+
+	expected := []string{
+		"Service \"demo-service\" starting",
+		"Started default services with change",
+	}
+
+	if foundAll, notFound := AllExpectedKeywordsFoundInLogs(logs, expected); !foundAll {
+		t.Errorf("Expected keywords not found in logs: %v", notFound)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internals/testintegration/utils.go b/internals/testintegration/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95108436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internals/testintegration/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package testintegration
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var DefaultLayerYAML string = `
+services:
+    demo-service:
+        override: replace
+        command: sleep 1000
+        startup: enabled
+`[1:]
+
+func Setup() error {
+	cmd := exec.Command("go", "build", "./cmd/pebble")
+	cmd.Dir = getRootDir()
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
+
+func getRootDir() string {
+	wd, _ := os.Getwd()
+	return filepath.Join(wd, "../../")
+}
+
+func AllExpectedKeywordsFoundInLogs(logs []string, keywords []string) (bool, []string) {
+	var notFound []string
+
+	for _, keyword := range keywords {
+		keywordFound := false
+		for _, log := range logs {
+			if strings.Contains(log, keyword) {
+				keywordFound = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !keywordFound {
+			notFound = append(notFound, keyword)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return len(notFound) == 0, notFound
+}
+
+func CreateLayer(t *testing.T, pebbleDir string, layerFileName string, layerYAML string) {
+	layersDir := filepath.Join(pebbleDir, "layers")
+	err := os.MkdirAll(layersDir, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error creating layers directory: pipe: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	layerPath := filepath.Join(layersDir, layerFileName)
+	err = os.WriteFile(layerPath, []byte(layerYAML), 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error creating layers file: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func PebbleRun(t *testing.T, pebbleDir string) []string {
+	cmd := exec.Command("./pebble", "run")
+	cmd.Dir = getRootDir()
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), fmt.Sprintf("PEBBLE=%s", pebbleDir))
+
+	stderrPipe, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error creating stderr pipe: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	defer cmd.Process.Kill()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error starting 'pebble run': %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var logs []string
+
+	lastOutputTime := time.Now()
+
+	go func() {
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stderrPipe)
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			lastOutputTime = time.Now()
+			line := scanner.Text()
+			logs = append(logs, line)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+		if time.Since(lastOutputTime) > 1*time.Second {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return logs
+}