diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/confidential_common.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/confidential_common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4484e65beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/confidential_common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+# Copyright 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+source "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
+
+function setup_unencrypted_confidential_pod() {
+	get_pod_config_dir
+	
+	export SSH_KEY_FILE="${pod_config_dir}/confidential/unencrypted/ssh/unencrypted"
+	
+	if [ -n "${PR_NUMBER}" ]; then
+		# Use correct address in pod yaml
+		sed -i "s/-nightly/-${PR_NUMBER}/" "${pod_config_dir}/pod-confidential-unencrypted.yaml"
+	fi
+	
+	# Set permissions on private key file
+	sudo chmod 600 "${SSH_KEY_FILE}"
+}
+
+# This function relies on `KATA_HYPERVISOR` being an environment variable
+# and returns the remote command to be executed to that specific hypervisor
+# in order to identify whether the workload is running on a TEE environment
+function get_remote_command_per_hypervisor() {
+    	declare -A REMOTE_COMMAND_PER_HYPERVISOR
+    	REMOTE_COMMAND_PER_HYPERVISOR[qemu-sev]="dmesg | grep \"Memory Encryption Features active:.*\(SEV$\|SEV \)\""
+
+    	echo "${REMOTE_COMMAND_PER_HYPERVISOR[${KATA_HYPERVISOR}]}"
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-confidential.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-confidential.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a56fe34d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-confidential.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+# Copyright 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/confidential_common.sh"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
+
+setup() {
+	SUPPORTED_HYPERVISORS=("qemu-sev")
+
+	# This check must be done with "<SPACE>${KATA_HYPERVISOR}<SPACE>" to avoid
+	# having substrings, like qemu, being matched with qemu-$something.
+	[[ " ${SUPPORTED_HYPERVISORS[*]} " =~  " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]] ||  skip "Test not supported for ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}."
+
+	get_pod_config_dir
+	setup_unencrypted_confidential_pod
+}
+
+@test "Test unencrypted confidential container launch success and verify that we are running in a secure enclave." {
+	# Start the service/deployment/pod
+	kubectl apply -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-confidential-unencrypted.yaml"
+
+	# Retrieve pod name, wait for it to come up, retrieve pod ip
+	pod_name=$(kubectl get pod -o wide | grep "confidential-unencrypted" | awk '{print $1;}')
+
+	# Check pod creation
+	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "${pod_name}"
+
+	pod_ip=$(kubectl get pod -o wide | grep "confidential-unencrypted" | awk '{print $6;}')
+
+	# Run the remote command
+	coco_enabled=$(ssh -i ${SSH_KEY_FILE} -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -o "PasswordAuthentication=no" root@${pod_ip} /bin/sh -c "$(get_remote_command_per_hypervisor)" || true)
+
+	if [ -z "$coco_enabled" ]; then
+		>&2 echo -e "Confidential compute is expected but not enabled."
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+teardown() {
+	[[ " ${SUPPORTED_HYPERVISORS[*]} " =~  " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]] ||  skip "Test not supported for ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}."
+
+	kubectl describe "pod/${pod_name}" || true
+	kubectl delete -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-confidential-unencrypted.yaml" || true
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index f8b635d220..3d963c6c3d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ if [ -n "${K8S_TEST_UNION:-}" ]; then
 	K8S_TEST_UNION=($K8S_TEST_UNION)
 else
 	K8S_TEST_UNION=( \
+		"k8s-confidential.bats" \
 		"k8s-attach-handlers.bats" \
 		"k8s-caps.bats" \
 		"k8s-configmap.bats" \
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-confidential-unencrypted.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-confidential-unencrypted.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..591d86de87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-confidential-unencrypted.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: "confidential-unencrypted"
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: "confidential-unencrypted"
+  ports:
+  - port: 22
+---
+kind: Deployment
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+metadata:
+  name: "confidential-unencrypted"
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: "confidential-unencrypted"
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: "confidential-unencrypted"
+    spec:
+      runtimeClassName: kata
+      containers:
+      - name: "confidential-unencrypted"
+        image: ghcr.io/kata-containers/test-images:unencrypted-nightly
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+