diff --git a/eox_core/settings/test.py b/eox_core/settings/test.py
index 0964aa86c..fee4a894a 100644
--- a/eox_core/settings/test.py
+++ b/eox_core/settings/test.py
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
+import codecs
+import os
+
+import yaml
+
 from .common import *  # pylint: disable=wildcard-import, unused-wildcard-import
 
 
@@ -35,6 +40,13 @@ def plugin_settings(settings):  # pylint: disable=function-redefined
     settings.EOX_CORE_THIRD_PARTY_AUTH_BACKEND = 'eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.third_party_auth_l_v1'
     settings.EOX_CORE_LANG_PREF_BACKEND = 'eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.lang_pref_middleware_p_v1_test'
 
+    # setup the databases used in the tutor local environment
+    lms_cfg = os.environ.get('LMS_CFG')
+    if lms_cfg:
+        with codecs.open(lms_cfg, encoding='utf-8') as file:
+            env_tokens = yaml.safe_load(file)
+        settings.DATABASES = env_tokens['DATABASES']
+
 
 SETTINGS = SettingsClass()
 plugin_settings(SETTINGS)
diff --git a/eox_core/tests/tutor/__init__.py b/eox_core/tests/tutor/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/eox_core/tests/tutor/conftest.py b/eox_core/tests/tutor/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf72ca93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eox_core/tests/tutor/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+The conftest module sets up the database connection for pytest-django.
+
+The integration tests will reuse the database from tutor local so a noop
+django_db_setup is required.
+See: https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/database.html
+"""
+
+import pytest  # pylint: disable=import-error
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='session')
+def django_db_setup():
+    """
+    Makes the tests reuse the existing database
+    """
diff --git a/eox_core/tests/tutor/integration_test_tutor.py b/eox_core/tests/tutor/integration_test_tutor.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba4db9a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eox_core/tests/tutor/integration_test_tutor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""
+Test integration file.
+"""
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+
+class TutorIntegrationTestCase(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests integration with openedx
+    """
+
+    # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel,unused-import
+    def test_current_settings_code_imports(self):
+        """
+        Running this imports means that our backends import the right signature
+        """
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.bearer_authentication_j_v1  # isort:skip
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.certificates_m_v1  # isort:skip
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.comments_service_users_j_v1  # isort:skip
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.configuration_helpers_h_v1  # isort:skip
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.coursekey_m_v1  # isort:skip
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.edxfuture_o_v1  # isort:skip
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.grades_h_v1  # isort:skip
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.pre_enrollment_l_v1  # isort:skip
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.storages_i_v1  # isort:skip
+        import eox_core.edxapp_wrapper.backends.third_party_auth_l_v1  # isort:skip
diff --git a/eox_core/tests/tutor/pytest.ini b/eox_core/tests/tutor/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3b746245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eox_core/tests/tutor/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[pytest]
+python_files = integration_test_*.py
+filterwarnings =
+    default
+    # We ignore every warning while we actually get the testing infrastructure
+    # running for different version of tutor in gh actions
+    ignore:
diff --git a/requirements/test.in b/requirements/test.in
index d9cf47261..0d6433ae2 100644
--- a/requirements/test.in
+++ b/requirements/test.in
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ pytest
 pytest-django
 testfixtures
 django-countries
+pyyaml
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 0999cbe1e..08366eccb 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ pymongo==3.13.0
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   edx-opaque-keys
     #   event-tracking
+pyyaml==6.0.1
+    # via -r requirements/test.in
 pynacl==1.5.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt