diff --git a/bot/check-build.sh b/bot/check-build.sh
index e075518421..d8246c67be 100755
--- a/bot/check-build.sh
+++ b/bot/check-build.sh
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ comment_details_list=${comment_details_list}$(add_detail ${NO_MISSING} 1 "${succ
 success_msg="found message matching <code>${GP_tgz_created}</code>"
 failure_msg="no message matching <code>${GP_tgz_created}</code>"
 comment_details_list=${comment_details_list}$(add_detail ${TGZ} 1 "${success_msg}" "${failure_msg}")
+
 # Now, do the actual replacement of __DETAILS_FMT__
 comment_details_fmt="<dt>_Details_</dt><dd>__DETAILS_LIST__</dd>"
 comment_details="${comment_details_fmt/__DETAILS_LIST__/${comment_details_list}}"
diff --git a/bot/check-test.sh b/bot/check-test.sh
index 76e0df7f40..f045b9500a 100755
--- a/bot/check-test.sh
+++ b/bot/check-test.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,193 @@ job_dir=${PWD}
 job_out="slurm-${SLURM_JOB_ID}.out"
 job_test_result_file="_bot_job${SLURM_JOB_ID}.test"
 
+# Check that job output file is found
+[[ ${VERBOSE} -ne 0 ]] && echo ">> searching for job output file(s) matching '"${job_out}"'"
+if  [[ -f ${job_out} ]]; then
+    SLURM_OUTPUT_FOUND=1
+    [[ ${VERBOSE} -ne 0 ]] && echo "   found slurm output file '"${job_out}"'"
+else
+    SLURM_OUTPUT_FOUND=0
+    [[ ${VERBOSE} -ne 0 ]] && echo "   Slurm output file '"${job_out}"' NOT found"
+fi
+
+
+# ReFrame prints e.g.
+#[----------] start processing checks
+#[ RUN      ] GROMACS_EESSI %benchmark_info=HECBioSim/Crambin %nb_impl=cpu %scale=2_nodes %module_name=GROMACS/2021.3-foss-2021a /d597cff4 @snellius:rome+default
+#[ RUN      ] GROMACS_EESSI %benchmark_info=HECBioSim/Crambin %nb_impl=cpu %scale=2_nodes %module_name=GROMACS/2021.3-foss-2021a /d597cff4 @snellius:genoa+default
+#[ RUN      ] GROMACS_EESSI %benchmark_info=HECBioSim/Crambin %nb_impl=cpu %scale=1_cpn_2_nodes %module_name=GROMACS/2021.3-foss-2021a /f4194106 @snellius:genoa+default
+#[     FAIL ] (1/3) GROMACS_EESSI %benchmark_info=HECBioSim/Crambin %nb_impl=cpu %scale=2_nodes %module_name=GROMACS/2021.3-foss-2021a /d597cff4 @snellius:genoa+default
+#==> test failed during 'sanity': test staged in '/scratch-shared/casparl/reframe_output/staging/snellius/genoa/default/GROMACS_EESSI_d597cff4'
+#[       OK ] (2/3) GROMACS_EESSI %benchmark_info=HECBioSim/Crambin %nb_impl=cpu %scale=2_nodes %module_name=GROMACS/2021.3-foss-2021a /d597cff4 @snellius:rome+default
+#P: perf: 8.441 ns/day (r:0, l:None, u:None)
+#[     FAIL ] (3/3) GROMACS_EESSI %benchmark_info=HECBioSim/Crambin %nb_impl=cpu %scale=1_cpn_2_nodes %module_name=GROMACS/2021.3-foss-2021a /f4194106 @snellius:genoa+default
+#==> test failed during 'sanity': test staged in '/scratch-shared/casparl/reframe_output/staging/snellius/genoa/default/GROMACS_EESSI_f4194106'
+#[----------] all spawned checks have finished
+#[  FAILED  ] Ran 3/3 test case(s) from 2 check(s) (2 failure(s), 0 skipped, 0 aborted)
+
+# We will grep for the last and final line, since this reflects the overall result
+# Specifically, we grep for FAILED, since this is also what we print if a step in the test script itself fails
+FAILED=-1
+if [[ ${SLURM_OUTPUT_FOUND} -eq 1 ]]; then
+  GP_failed='\[\s*FAILED\s*\].*Ran .* test case'
+  grep_reframe_failed=$(grep -v "^>> searching for " ${job_dir}/${job_out} | grep "${GP_failed}")
+  [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && FAILED=1 || FAILED=0
+  # have to be careful to not add searched for pattern into slurm out file
+  [[ ${VERBOSE} -ne 0 ]] && echo ">> searching for '"${GP_failed}"'"
+  [[ ${VERBOSE} -ne 0 ]] && echo "${grep_reframe_failed}"
+fi
+
+# Here, we grep for 'ERROR:', which is printed if a fatal_error is encountered when executing the test step
+# I.e. this is an error in execution of the run_tests.sh itself, NOT in running the actual tests
+ERROR=-1
+if [[ ${SLURM_OUTPUT_FOUND} -eq 1 ]]; then
+  GP_error='ERROR: '
+  grep_out=$(grep -v "^>> searching for " ${job_dir}/${job_out} | grep "${GP_error}")
+  [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && ERROR=1 || ERROR=0
+  # have to be careful to not add searched for pattern into slurm out file
+  [[ ${VERBOSE} -ne 0 ]] && echo ">> searching for '"${GP_error}"'"
+  [[ ${VERBOSE} -ne 0 ]] && echo "${grep_out}"
+fi
+
+SUCCESS=-1
+# Grep for the success pattern, so we can report the amount of tests run
+if [[ ${SLURM_OUTPUT_FOUND} -eq 1 ]]; then
+  GP_success='\[\s*PASSED\s*\].*Ran .* test case'
+  grep_reframe_success=$(grep -v "^>> searching for " ${job_dir}/${job_out} | grep "${GP_success}")
+  [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && SUCCESS=1 || SUCCESS=0
+  # have to be careful to not add searched for pattern into slurm out file
+  [[ ${VERBOSE} -ne 0 ]] && echo ">> searching for '"${GP_success}"'"
+  [[ ${VERBOSE} -ne 0 ]] && echo "${grep_reframe_success}"
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -z ${grep_reframe_failed} ]]; then
+    grep_reframe_result=${grep_reframe_failed}
+else
+    grep_reframe_result=${grep_reframe_success}
+fi
+
 echo "[TEST]" > ${job_test_result_file}
-echo "comment_description = <em>(no tests yet)</em>" >> ${job_test_result_file}
-echo "status = SUCCESS" >> ${job_test_result_file}
+if [[ ${SLURM_OUTPUT_FOUND} -eq 0 ]]; then
+    summary=":cry: FAILURE"
+    reason="Job output file not found, cannot check test results."
+    status="FAILURE"
+# Should come before general errors: if SUCCESS==1, it indicates the test suite ran succesfully
+# regardless of other things that might have gone wrong
+elif [[ ${SUCCESS} -eq 1 ]]; then
+    summary=":grin: SUCCESS"
+    reason=""
+    status="SUCCESS"
+# Should come before general errors: if FAILED==1, it indicates the test suite ran
+# otherwise the pattern wouldn't have been there
+elif [[ ${FAILED} -eq 1 ]]; then
+    summary=":cry: FAILURE"
+    reason="EESSI test suite produced failures."
+    status="FAILURE"
+elif [[ ${ERROR} -eq 1 ]]; then
+    summary=":cry: FAILURE"
+    reason="EESSI test suite was not run, test step itself failed to execute."
+    status="FAILURE"
+else
+    summary=":grin: FAILURE"
+    reason="Failed for unknown reason"
+    status="FAILURE"
+fi
+
+
+echo "[TEST]" > ${job_test_result_file}
+echo -n "comment_description = " >> ${job_test_result_file}
+
+# Use template for writing PR comment with details
+# construct and write complete PR comment details: implements third alternative
+comment_template="<details>__SUMMARY_FMT__<dl>__REASON_FMT____REFRAME_FMT____DETAILS_FMT__</dl></details>"
+comment_success_item_fmt=":white_check_mark: __ITEM__"
+comment_failure_item_fmt=":x: __ITEM__"
+
+# Initialize comment_description
+comment_description=${comment_template}
+
+# Now, start replacing template items one by one
+comment_summary_fmt="<summary>__SUMMARY__ _(click triangle for details)_</summary>"
+comment_summary="${comment_summary_fmt/__SUMMARY__/${summary}}"
+comment_description=${comment_description/__SUMMARY_FMT__/${comment_summary}}
+
+
+# Only add if there is a reason (e.g. no reason for successful runs)
+if [[ ! -z ${reason} ]]; then
+    comment_reason_fmt="<dt>_Reason_</dt><dd>__REASONS__</dd>"
+    reason_details="${comment_reason_fmt/__REASONS__/${reason}}"
+    comment_description=${comment_description/__REASON_FMT__/${reason_details}}
+else
+    comment_description=${comment_description/__REASON_FMT__/""}
+fi
+
+# Only add if there is a reframe summary (e.g. no reframe summary if reframe wasn't launched succesfully)
+echo "ReFrame result:"
+echo "${grep_reframe_result}"
+if [[ ! -z ${grep_reframe_result} ]]; then
+    comment_reframe_fmt="<dt>_ReFrame Summary_</dt><dd>__REFRAME_SUMMARY__</dd>"
+    reframe_summary=${comment_reframe_fmt/__REFRAME_SUMMARY__/${grep_reframe_result}}
+    comment_description=${comment_description/__REFRAME_FMT__/${reframe_summary}}
+else
+    comment_description=${comment_description/__REFRAME_FMT__/""}
+fi
+
+# Declare functions
+function print_br_item() {
+    format="${1}"
+    item="${2}"
+    echo -n "${format//__ITEM__/${item}}<br/>"
+}
+
+function success() {
+    format="${comment_success_item_fmt}"
+    item="$1"
+    print_br_item "${format}" "${item}"
+}
+
+function failure() {
+    format="${comment_failure_item_fmt}"
+    item="$1"
+    print_br_item "${format}" "${item}"
+}
+
+function add_detail() {
+    actual=${1}
+    expected=${2}
+    success_msg="${3}"
+    failure_msg="${4}"
+    if [[ ${actual} -eq ${expected} ]]; then
+        success "${success_msg}"
+    else
+        failure "${failure_msg}"
+    fi
+}
+
+# first construct comment_details_list, abbreviated comment_details_list
+# then use it to set comment_details
+comment_details_list=""
+
+success_msg="job output file <code>${job_out}</code>"
+failure_msg="no job output file <code>${job_out}</code>"
+comment_details_list=${comment_details_list}$(add_detail ${SLURM_OUTPUT_FOUND} 1 "${success_msg}" "${failure_msg}")
+
+success_msg="no message matching <code>${GP_error}</code>"
+failure_msg="found message matching <code>${GP_error}</code>"
+comment_details_list=${comment_details_list}$(add_detail ${ERROR} 0 "${success_msg}" "${failure_msg}")
+
+# Add an escape character to every *, for it to be printed correctly in the comment on GitHub
+GP_failed="${GP_failed//\*/\\*}"
+success_msg="no message matching <code>""${GP_failed}""</code>"
+failure_msg="found message matching <code>""${GP_failed}""</code>"
+comment_details_list=${comment_details_list}$(add_detail ${FAILED} 0 "${success_msg}" "${failure_msg}")
+
+comment_details_fmt="<dt>_Details_</dt><dd>__DETAILS_LIST__</dd>"
+comment_details="${comment_details_fmt/__DETAILS_LIST__/${comment_details_list}}"
+comment_description=${comment_description/__DETAILS_FMT__/${comment_details}}
+
+# Actually writing the comment description to the result file
+echo "${comment_description}" >> ${job_test_result_file}
+echo "status = ${status}" >> ${job_test_result_file}
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/bot/test.sh b/bot/test.sh
index 9d978cdcd0..4984340e6e 100755
--- a/bot/test.sh
+++ b/bot/test.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,225 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Dummy script, no tests yet
+# script to run tests or the test suite for the whole EESSI software layer or
+# just what has been built in a job. Intended use is that it is called
+# at the end of a (batch) job running on a compute node.
 #
 # This script is part of the EESSI software layer, see
 # https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer.git
 #
-# author: Kenneth Hoste (HPC-UGent)
+# author: Thomas Roeblitz (@trz42)
+# author: Caspar van Leeuwen (@casparvl)
 #
 # license: GPLv2
 #
 
+# ASSUMPTIONs:
+# + assumption for the build step (as run through bot/build.sh which is provided
+#   in this repository too)
+#  - working directory has been prepared by the bot with a checkout of a
+#    pull request (OR by some other means)
+#  - the working directory contains a directory 'cfg' where the main config
+#    file 'job.cfg' has been deposited
+#  - the directory may contain any additional files referenced in job.cfg
+# + assumptions for the test step
+#  - temporary storage is still available
+#    example
+#    Using /localscratch/9640860/NESSI/eessi.x765Dd8mFh as tmp directory (to resume session add '--resume /localscratch/9640860/NESSI/eessi.x765Dd8mFh').
+#  - run test-suite.sh inside build container using tmp storage from build step
+#    plus possibly additional settings (repo, etc.)
+#  - needed setup steps may be similar to bot/inspect.sh (PR#317)
+
+# stop as soon as something fails
+set -e
+
+# source utils.sh and cfg_files.sh
+source scripts/utils.sh
+source scripts/cfg_files.sh
+
+# defaults
+export JOB_CFG_FILE="${JOB_CFG_FILE_OVERRIDE:=./cfg/job.cfg}"
+HOST_ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+# check if ${JOB_CFG_FILE} exists
+if [[ ! -r "${JOB_CFG_FILE}" ]]; then
+    fatal_error "job config file (JOB_CFG_FILE=${JOB_CFG_FILE}) does not exist or not readable"
+fi
+echo "bot/test.sh: showing ${JOB_CFG_FILE} from software-layer side"
+cat ${JOB_CFG_FILE}
+
+echo "bot/test.sh: obtaining configuration settings from '${JOB_CFG_FILE}'"
+cfg_load ${JOB_CFG_FILE}
+
+# if http_proxy is defined in ${JOB_CFG_FILE} use it, if not use env var $http_proxy
+HTTP_PROXY=$(cfg_get_value "site_config" "http_proxy")
+HTTP_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY:-${http_proxy}}
+echo "bot/test.sh: HTTP_PROXY='${HTTP_PROXY}'"
+
+# if https_proxy is defined in ${JOB_CFG_FILE} use it, if not use env var $https_proxy
+HTTPS_PROXY=$(cfg_get_value "site_config" "https_proxy")
+HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY:-${https_proxy}}
+echo "bot/test.sh: HTTPS_PROXY='${HTTPS_PROXY}'"
+
+LOCAL_TMP=$(cfg_get_value "site_config" "local_tmp")
+echo "bot/test.sh: LOCAL_TMP='${LOCAL_TMP}'"
+# TODO should local_tmp be mandatory? --> then we check here and exit if it is not provided
+
+# check if path to copy build logs to is specified, so we can copy build logs for failing builds there
+BUILD_LOGS_DIR=$(cfg_get_value "site_config" "build_logs_dir")
+echo "bot/test.sh: BUILD_LOGS_DIR='${BUILD_LOGS_DIR}'"
+# if $BUILD_LOGS_DIR is set, add it to $SINGULARITY_BIND so the path is available in the build container
+if [[ ! -z ${BUILD_LOGS_DIR} ]]; then
+    mkdir -p ${BUILD_LOGS_DIR}
+    if [[ -z ${SINGULARITY_BIND} ]]; then
+        export SINGULARITY_BIND="${BUILD_LOGS_DIR}"
+    else
+        export SINGULARITY_BIND="${SINGULARITY_BIND},${BUILD_LOGS_DIR}"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# check if path to directory on shared filesystem is specified,
+# and use it as location for source tarballs used by EasyBuild if so
+SHARED_FS_PATH=$(cfg_get_value "site_config" "shared_fs_path")
+echo "bot/test.sh: SHARED_FS_PATH='${SHARED_FS_PATH}'"
+# if $SHARED_FS_PATH is set, add it to $SINGULARITY_BIND so the path is available in the build container
+if [[ ! -z ${SHARED_FS_PATH} ]]; then
+    mkdir -p ${SHARED_FS_PATH}
+    if [[ -z ${SINGULARITY_BIND} ]]; then
+        export SINGULARITY_BIND="${SHARED_FS_PATH}"
+    else
+        export SINGULARITY_BIND="${SINGULARITY_BIND},${SHARED_FS_PATH}"
+    fi
+fi
+
+SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR=$(cfg_get_value "site_config" "container_cachedir")
+echo "bot/test.sh: SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR='${SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR}'"
+if [[ ! -z ${SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR} ]]; then
+    # make sure that separate directories are used for different CPU families
+    SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR=${SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR}/${HOST_ARCH}
+    export SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR
+fi
+
+# try to determine tmp directory from build job
+RESUME_DIR=$(grep 'Using .* as tmp directory' slurm-${SLURM_JOBID}.out | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')
+
+if [[ -z ${RESUME_DIR} ]]; then
+  echo -n "setting \$STORAGE by replacing any var in '${LOCAL_TMP}' -> "
+  # replace any env variable in ${LOCAL_TMP} with its
+  #   current value (e.g., a value that is local to the job)
+  STORAGE=$(envsubst <<< ${LOCAL_TMP})
+  echo "'${STORAGE}'"
+
+  # make sure ${STORAGE} exists
+  mkdir -p ${STORAGE}
+
+  # make sure the base tmp storage is unique
+  JOB_STORAGE=$(mktemp --directory --tmpdir=${STORAGE} bot_job_tmp_XXX)
+  echo "bot/test.sh: created unique base tmp storage directory at ${JOB_STORAGE}"
+
+  RESUME_TGZ=${PWD}/previous_tmp/build_step/$(ls previous_tmp/build_step)
+  if [[ -z ${RESUME_TGZ} ]]; then
+    echo "bot/test.sh: no information about tmp directory and tarball of build step; --> giving up"
+    exit 2
+  fi
+fi
+
+# obtain list of modules to be loaded
+LOAD_MODULES=$(cfg_get_value "site_config" "load_modules")
+echo "bot/test.sh: LOAD_MODULES='${LOAD_MODULES}'"
+
+# singularity/apptainer settings: CONTAINER, HOME, TMPDIR, BIND
+CONTAINER=$(cfg_get_value "repository" "container")
+export SINGULARITY_HOME="${PWD}:/eessi_bot_job"
+export SINGULARITY_TMPDIR="${PWD}/singularity_tmpdir"
+mkdir -p ${SINGULARITY_TMPDIR}
+
+# load modules if LOAD_MODULES is not empty
+if [[ ! -z ${LOAD_MODULES} ]]; then
+    for mod in $(echo ${LOAD_MODULES} | tr ',' '\n')
+    do
+        echo "bot/test.sh: loading module '${mod}'"
+        module load ${mod}
+    done
+else
+    echo "bot/test.sh: no modules to be loaded"
+fi
+
+# determine repository to be used from entry .repository in ${JOB_CFG_FILE}
+REPOSITORY=$(cfg_get_value "repository" "repo_id")
+EESSI_REPOS_CFG_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(cfg_get_value "repository" "repos_cfg_dir")
+export EESSI_REPOS_CFG_DIR_OVERRIDE=${EESSI_REPOS_CFG_DIR_OVERRIDE:-${PWD}/cfg}
+echo "bot/test.sh: EESSI_REPOS_CFG_DIR_OVERRIDE='${EESSI_REPOS_CFG_DIR_OVERRIDE}'"
+
+# determine pilot version to be used from .repository.repo_version in ${JOB_CFG_FILE}
+# here, just set & export EESSI_PILOT_VERSION_OVERRIDE
+# next script (eessi_container.sh) makes use of it via sourcing init scripts
+# (e.g., init/eessi_defaults or init/minimal_eessi_env)
+export EESSI_PILOT_VERSION_OVERRIDE=$(cfg_get_value "repository" "repo_version")
+echo "bot/test.sh: EESSI_PILOT_VERSION_OVERRIDE='${EESSI_PILOT_VERSION_OVERRIDE}'"
+
+# determine CVMFS repo to be used from .repository.repo_name in ${JOB_CFG_FILE}
+# here, just set EESSI_CVMFS_REPO_OVERRIDE, a bit further down
+# "source init/eessi_defaults" via sourcing init/minimal_eessi_env
+export EESSI_CVMFS_REPO_OVERRIDE=$(cfg_get_value "repository" "repo_name")
+echo "bot/test.sh: EESSI_CVMFS_REPO_OVERRIDE='${EESSI_CVMFS_REPO_OVERRIDE}'"
+
+# determine architecture to be used from entry .architecture in ${JOB_CFG_FILE}
+# fallbacks:
+#  - ${CPU_TARGET} handed over from bot
+#  - left empty to let downstream script(s) determine subdir to be used
+EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=$(cfg_get_value "architecture" "software_subdir")
+EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=${EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE:-${CPU_TARGET}}
+export EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE
+echo "bot/test.sh: EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE='${EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE}'"
+
+# get EESSI_OS_TYPE from .architecture.os_type in ${JOB_CFG_FILE} (default: linux)
+EESSI_OS_TYPE=$(cfg_get_value "architecture" "os_type")
+export EESSI_OS_TYPE=${EESSI_OS_TYPE:-linux}
+echo "bot/test.sh: EESSI_OS_TYPE='${EESSI_OS_TYPE}'"
+
+# prepare arguments to eessi_container.sh common to build and tarball steps
+declare -a COMMON_ARGS=()
+COMMON_ARGS+=("--verbose")
+COMMON_ARGS+=("--access" "ro")
+COMMON_ARGS+=("--mode" "run")
+[[ ! -z ${CONTAINER} ]] && COMMON_ARGS+=("--container" "${CONTAINER}")
+[[ ! -z ${HTTP_PROXY} ]] && COMMON_ARGS+=("--http-proxy" "${HTTP_PROXY}")
+[[ ! -z ${HTTPS_PROXY} ]] && COMMON_ARGS+=("--https-proxy" "${HTTPS_PROXY}")
+[[ ! -z ${REPOSITORY} ]] && COMMON_ARGS+=("--repository" "${REPOSITORY}")
+
+# make sure to use the same parent dir for storing tarballs of tmp
+PREVIOUS_TMP_DIR=${PWD}/previous_tmp
+
+# prepare directory to store tarball of tmp for test step
+TARBALL_TMP_TEST_STEP_DIR=${PREVIOUS_TMP_DIR}/test_step
+mkdir -p ${TARBALL_TMP_TEST_STEP_DIR}
+
+# prepare arguments to eessi_container.sh specific to test step
+declare -a TEST_STEP_ARGS=()
+TEST_STEP_ARGS+=("--save" "${TARBALL_TMP_TEST_STEP_DIR}")
+
+if [[ -z ${RESUME_DIR} ]]; then
+  TEST_STEP_ARGS+=("--storage" "${STORAGE}")
+  TEST_STEP_ARGS+=("--resume" "${RESUME_TGZ}")
+else
+  TEST_STEP_ARGS+=("--resume" "${RESUME_DIR}")
+fi
+
+# prepare arguments to test_suite.sh (specific to test step)
+declare -a TEST_SUITE_ARGS=()
+if [[ ${EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE} =~ .*/generic$ ]]; then
+    TEST_SUITE_ARGS+=("--generic")
+fi
+# [[ ! -z ${BUILD_LOGS_DIR} ]] && TEST_SUITE_ARGS+=("--build-logs-dir" "${BUILD_LOGS_DIR}")
+# [[ ! -z ${SHARED_FS_PATH} ]] && TEST_SUITE_ARGS+=("--shared-fs-path" "${SHARED_FS_PATH}")
+
+# create tmp file for output of build step
+test_outerr=$(mktemp test.outerr.XXXX)
+
+echo "Executing command to test software:"
+echo "./eessi_container.sh ${COMMON_ARGS[@]} ${TEST_STEP_ARGS[@]}"
+echo "                     -- ./run_tests.sh \"${TEST_SUITE_ARGS[@]}\" \"$@\" 2>&1 | tee -a ${test_outerr}"
+./eessi_container.sh "${COMMON_ARGS[@]}" "${TEST_STEP_ARGS[@]}" \
+                     -- ./run_tests.sh "${TEST_SUITE_ARGS[@]}" "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a ${test_outerr}
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/reframe_config_bot.py.tmpl b/reframe_config_bot.py.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cc3e9f530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reframe_config_bot.py.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# WARNING: this file is intended as template and the __X__ template variables need to be replaced
+# before it can act as a configuration file
+# Once replaced, this is a config file for running tests after the build phase, by the bot
+
+from eessi.testsuite.common_config import common_logging_config
+from eessi.testsuite.constants import *  # noqa: F403
+
+
+site_configuration = {
+    'systems': [
+        {
+            'name': 'BotBuildTests',
+            'descr': 'Software-layer bot',
+            'hostnames': ['.*'],
+            'modules_system': 'lmod',
+            'partitions': [
+                {
+                    'name': 'default',
+                    'scheduler': 'local',
+                    'launcher': 'mpirun',
+                    'environs': ['default'],
+                    'features': [
+                        FEATURES[CPU]
+                    ] + list(SCALES.keys()),
+                    'processor': {
+                        'num_cpus': __NUM_CPUS__,
+                        'num_sockets': __NUM_SOCKETS__,
+                        'num_cpus_per_core': __NUM_CPUS_PER_CORE__,
+                        'num_cpus_per_socket': __NUM_CPUS_PER_SOCKET__,
+                    },
+                    'resources': [
+                        {
+                            'name': 'memory',
+                            'options': ['--mem={size}'],
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    'max_jobs': 1
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ],
+    'environments': [
+        {
+            'name': 'default',
+            'cc': 'cc',
+            'cxx': '',
+            'ftn': ''
+            }
+        ],
+    'general': [
+        {
+            'purge_environment': True,
+            'resolve_module_conflicts': False,  # avoid loading the module before submitting the job
+            # disable automatic detection of CPU architecture (since we're using local scheduler)
+            'remote_detect': False,
+        }
+    ],
+    'logging': common_logging_config(),
+}
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1dbb47db9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script gets invoked by the bot/test.sh script to run within the EESSI container
+# Thus, this script defines all of the steps that should run for the tests.
+# Note that, unless we have good reason, we don't run test steps in the prefix environment:
+# users also typically don't run in the prefix environment, and we want to check if the
+# software works well in that specific setup.
+#
+# This script is part of the EESSI software layer, see
+# https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer.git
+#
+# author: Caspar van Leeuwen (@casparvl)
+#
+# license: GPLv2
+#
+
+base_dir=$(dirname $(realpath $0))
+source ${base_dir}/init/eessi_defaults
+
+# Git clone has to be run in compat layer, to make the git command available
+./run_in_compat_layer_env.sh "git clone https://github.com/EESSI/test-suite EESSI-test-suite"
+
+# Run the test suite
+./test_suite.sh "$@"
diff --git a/test_suite.sh b/test_suite.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..95eb9daa2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_suite.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script creates a ReFrame config file from a template, in which CPU properties get replaced
+# based on where this script is run (typically: a build node). Then, it runs the EESSI test suite.
+#
+# This script is part of the EESSI software layer, see
+# https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer.git
+#
+# author: Caspar van Leeuwen (@casparvl)
+#
+# license: GPLv2
+
+display_help() {
+  echo "usage: $0 [OPTIONS]"
+  echo "  -g | --generic         -  instructs script to test for generic architecture target"
+  echo "  -h | --help            -  display this usage information"
+  echo "  -x | --http-proxy URL  -  provides URL for the environment variable http_proxy"
+  echo "  -y | --https-proxy URL -  provides URL for the environment variable https_proxy"
+}
+
+POSITIONAL_ARGS=()
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    -g|--generic)
+      DETECTION_PARAMETERS="--generic"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    -h|--help)
+      display_help  # Call your function
+      # no shifting needed here, we're done.
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    -x|--http-proxy)
+      export http_proxy="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    -y|--https-proxy)
+      export https_proxy="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --build-logs-dir)
+      export build_logs_dir="${2}"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --shared-fs-path)
+      export shared_fs_path="${2}"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    -*|--*)
+      echo "Error: Unknown option: $1" >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+    *)  # No more options
+      POSITIONAL_ARGS+=("$1") # save positional arg
+      shift
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+set -- "${POSITIONAL_ARGS[@]}"
+
+TOPDIR=$(dirname $(realpath $0))
+
+source $TOPDIR/scripts/utils.sh
+
+# honor $TMPDIR if it is already defined, use /tmp otherwise
+if [ -z $TMPDIR ]; then
+    export WORKDIR=/tmp/$USER
+else
+    export WORKDIR=$TMPDIR/$USER
+fi
+
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+
+echo ">> Setting up environment..."
+module --force purge
+export EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE=$(python3 $TOPDIR/eessi_software_subdir.py $DETECTION_PARAMETERS)
+
+source $TOPDIR/init/bash
+
+# Load the ReFrame module
+# Currently, we load the default version. Maybe we should somehow make this configurable in the future?
+module load ReFrame
+if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo_green ">> Loaded ReFrame module"
+else
+    fatal_error "Failed to load the ReFrame module"
+fi
+
+# Check that a system python3 is available
+python3_found=$(command -v python3)
+if [ -z ${python3_found} ]; then
+    fatal_error "No system python3 found"
+else
+    echo_green "System python3 found:"
+    python3 -V
+fi
+
+# Check ReFrame came with the hpctestlib and we can import it
+reframe_import="hpctestlib.sciapps.gromacs"
+python3 -c "import ${reframe_import}"
+if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo_green "Succesfully found and imported ${reframe_import}"
+else
+    fatal_error "Failed to import ${reframe_import}"
+fi
+
+# Cloning should already be done in run_tests.sh before test_suite.sh is invoked
+# Check if that succeeded
+export TESTSUITEPREFIX=$PWD/EESSI-test-suite
+if [ -d $TESTSUITEPREFIX ]; then
+    echo_green "Clone of the test suite $TESTSUITEPREFIX available, OK!"
+else
+    fatal_error "Clone of the test suite $TESTSUITEPREFIX is not available!"
+fi
+export PYTHONPATH=$TESTSUITEPREFIX:$PYTHONPATH
+
+# Check that we can import from the testsuite
+testsuite_import="eessi.testsuite"
+python3 -c "import ${testsuite_import}"
+if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo_green "Succesfully found and imported ${testsuite_import}"
+else
+    fatal_error "Failed to import ${testsuite_import}"
+fi
+
+# Configure ReFrame, see https://www.eessi.io/docs/test-suite/installation-configuration
+export RFM_CONFIG_FILES=$TOPDIR/reframe_config_bot.py
+export RFM_CONFIG_FILE_TEMPLATE=$TOPDIR/reframe_config_bot.py.tmpl
+export RFM_CHECK_SEARCH_PATH=$TESTSUITEPREFIX/eessi/testsuite/tests
+export RFM_CHECK_SEARCH_RECURSIVE=1
+export RFM_PREFIX=$PWD/reframe_runs
+
+echo "Configured reframe with the following environment variables:"
+env | grep "RFM_"
+
+# Inject correct CPU properties into the ReFrame config file
+cpuinfo=$(lscpu)
+if [[ "${cpuinfo}" =~ CPU\(s\):[^0-9]*([0-9]+) ]]; then
+    cpu_count=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+else
+    fatal_error "Failed to get the number of CPUs for the current test hardware with lscpu."
+fi
+if [[ "${cpuinfo}" =~ Socket\(s\):[^0-9]*([0-9]+) ]]; then
+    socket_count=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+else
+    fatal_error "Failed to get the number of sockets for the current test hardware with lscpu."
+fi
+if [[ "${cpuinfo}" =~ (Thread\(s\) per core:[^0-9]*([0-9]+)) ]]; then
+    threads_per_core=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
+else
+    fatal_error "Failed to get the number of threads per core for the current test hardware with lscpu."
+fi
+if [[ "${cpuinfo}" =~ (Core\(s\) per socket:[^0-9]*([0-9]+)) ]]; then
+    cores_per_socket=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
+else
+    fatal_error "Failed to get the number of cores per socket for the current test hardware with lscpu."
+fi
+cp ${RFM_CONFIG_FILE_TEMPLATE} ${RFM_CONFIG_FILES}
+sed -i "s/__NUM_CPUS__/${cpu_count}/g" $RFM_CONFIG_FILES
+sed -i "s/__NUM_SOCKETS__/${socket_count}/g" $RFM_CONFIG_FILES
+sed -i "s/__NUM_CPUS_PER_CORE__/${threads_per_core}/g" $RFM_CONFIG_FILES
+sed -i "s/__NUM_CPUS_PER_SOCKET__/${cores_per_socket}/g" $RFM_CONFIG_FILES
+
+# Workaround for https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer/pull/467#issuecomment-1973341966
+export PSM3_DEVICES='self,shm'  # this is enough, since we only run single node for now
+
+# Check we can run reframe
+reframe --version
+if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo_green "Succesfully ran 'reframe --version'"
+else
+    fatal_error "Failed to run 'reframe --version'"
+fi
+
+# List the tests we want to run
+export REFRAME_ARGS='--tag CI --tag 1_node --nocolor'
+echo "Listing tests: reframe ${REFRAME_ARGS} --list"
+reframe ${REFRAME_ARGS} --list
+if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo_green "Succesfully listed ReFrame tests with command: reframe ${REFRAME_ARGS} --list"
+else
+    fatal_error "Failed to list ReFrame tests with command: reframe ${REFRAME_ARGS} --list"
+fi
+
+# Run all tests
+echo "Running tests: reframe ${REFRAME_ARGS} --run"
+reframe ${REFRAME_ARGS} --run
+reframe_exit_code=$?
+if [[ ${reframe_exit_code} -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo_green "ReFrame runtime ran succesfully with command: reframe ${REFRAME_ARGS} --run."
+else
+    fatal_error "ReFrame runtime failed to run with command: reframe ${REFRAME_ARGS} --run."
+fi
+
+echo ">> Cleaning up ${TMPDIR}..."
+rm -r ${TMPDIR}
+
+exit ${reframe_exit_code}