diff --git a/test/integration/conftest.py b/test/integration/conftest.py
index e69de29..e6d417b 100644
--- a/test/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/test/integration/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import os
+import pytest
+import pyexasol
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def dsn():
+    return os.environ.get('EXAHOST', 'localhost:8563')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def user():
+    return os.environ.get('EXAUID', 'SYS')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def password():
+    return os.environ.get('EXAPWD', 'exasol')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def schema():
+    return os.environ.get('EXASCHEMA', 'TEST')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def connection(dsn, user, password, schema):
+    con = pyexasol.connect(
+        dsn=dsn,
+        user=user,
+        password=password,
+    )
+    yield con
+    con.close()
diff --git a/test/integration/integration_smoke_test.py b/test/integration/integration_smoke_test.py
index 7252c68..8a21bf2 100644
--- a/test/integration/integration_smoke_test.py
+++ b/test/integration/integration_smoke_test.py
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-def test_smoke():
-    assert True
+def test_smoke(connection):
+    result = connection.execute("SELECT 1;")
+    expected = (1,)
+    actual = result.fetchall()[0]
+    assert expected == actual