diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2d4731914b..20541b77c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -22,14 +22,18 @@ jobs:
       run: make unittests
 
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt update -qq
         sudo apt install --no-install-recommends -qqyf \
-          libpcre2-dev libjansson-dev libcap2-dev
+          libpcre2-dev libjansson-dev libcap2-dev \
+          php-dev libphp-embed libargon2-dev libsodium-dev \
+          pypy3
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set env
+      run: echo "PROFILE=integration-tests" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Run integration tests
       run: make all tests
 
diff --git a/buildconf/integration-tests.ini b/buildconf/integration-tests.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55f4188ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildconf/integration-tests.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[uwsgi]
+inherit = base
+main_plugin =
+plugins = python,php,pypy
diff --git a/t/php/config.ini b/t/php/config.ini
index 35a6dee9f6..a94e3abd5e 100644
--- a/t/php/config.ini
+++ b/t/php/config.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 [uwsgi]
 http-socket = :8080
 http-socket-modifier1 = 14
+# required for php
+need-app = false
+plugins = php
 
 cache2 = name=session,items=1000,store=/tmp/uwsgi-session-cache,bitmap=1
 
diff --git a/t/pypy/config.ini b/t/pypy/config.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be091f500b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/pypy/config.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[uwsgi]
+plugin = pypy
+need-app = false
+pypy-lib = /usr/lib/libpypy3-c.so
+pypy-home = /usr/lib/pypy3
+pypy-setup = plugins/pypy/pypy_setup.py
+pypy-wsgi-file = t/python/helloapp.py
diff --git a/t/python/helloapp.py b/t/python/helloapp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49f1907cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/python/helloapp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+def application(env, start_response):
+    start_response("200 OK", [("Content-Type", "text/html")])
+    return [b"Hello World"]
diff --git a/t/runner b/t/runner
index b0431b7b06..78a495e48e 100755
--- a/t/runner
+++ b/t/runner
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
+#
+# This test suite runner runs some integration tests for uwsgi, that is
+# each test launches a test server with a specific configuration and
+# verifies (usually using a HTTP request) that this test server behaves as
+# expected.
+#
+# buildconf/integration-tests.ini holds the build configuration for this
+# to run fine.
 
 
 import os
@@ -82,12 +90,12 @@ class UwsgiTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.testserver.wait()
         self.testserver.stdout.close()
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(*plugins_available(["python3"]))
+    @unittest.skipUnless(*plugins_available(["python"]))
     def test_static_expires(self):
         self.start_listen_server(
             [
                 "--plugin",
-                "python3",  # provide a request plugin if no embedded request plugin
+                "python", # provide a request plugin
                 os.path.join(TESTS_DIR, "static", "config.ini"),
             ]
         )
@@ -95,6 +103,42 @@ class UwsgiTest(unittest.TestCase):
         with requests.get(f"http://{UWSGI_HTTP}/foobar/config.ini") as r:
             self.assertTrue("Expires" in r.headers)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(*plugins_available(["python"]))
+    def test_python3_helloworld(self):
+        self.start_listen_server(
+            [
+                "--plugin",
+                "python",
+                "--wsgi-file",
+                os.path.join(TESTS_DIR, "python", "helloapp.py"),
+            ]
+        )
+
+        with requests.get(f"http://{UWSGI_HTTP}/") as r:
+            self.assertEqual(r.text, "Hello World")
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(*plugins_available(["pypy"]))
+    def test_pypy3_helloworld(self):
+        self.start_listen_server(
+            [
+                os.path.join(TESTS_DIR, "pypy", "config.ini"),
+            ]
+        )
+
+        with requests.get(f"http://{UWSGI_HTTP}/") as r:
+            self.assertEqual(r.text, "Hello World")
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(*plugins_available(["php"]))
+    def test_php_session(self):
+        self.start_listen_server(
+            [
+                os.path.join(TESTS_DIR, "php", "config.ini"),
+            ]
+        )
+
+        with requests.get(f"http://{UWSGI_HTTP}/test.php") as r:
+            self.assertEqual(r.text, "PASS\n")
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()