diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed74b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: workload-processor
+
+# build the documentation whenever there are new commits on main
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    # Alternative: only build for tags.
+    # tags:
+    #   - '*'
+
+# security: restrict permissions for CI jobs.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - run: pip install .[all]
+      - run: pytest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b44b4ad..b398896 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -160,3 +160,4 @@ cython_debug/
 #.idea/
 
 update-notebooks.sh
+.vim/
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b14dc58..eab0ea9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ all =
     lisa_linux @ git+https://github.com/ARM-software/lisa.git#egg=lisa_linux
     wlauto @ git+https://github.com/ARM-software/lisa.git#egg=wlauto&subdirectory=external/workload-automation
     devlib @ git+https://github.com/ARM-software/lisa.git#egg=devlib&subdirectory=external/devlib
+    pytest>=7.4.1
+    pytest-resource-path>=1.3.0
 
 [options.package_data]
 * =