diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock
index 7e7f18af8d..6dafe279f6 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock
@@ -876,12 +876,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "fs2",
  "generic-array",
  "k8s-cri",
+ "libz-ng-sys",
  "log",
  "oci-distribution",
  "oci-spec",
  "openssl",
  "protobuf 3.3.0",
  "protocols",
+ "regorus",
  "serde",
  "serde-transcode",
  "serde_ignored",
@@ -1229,6 +1231,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba291022dbbd398a455acf126c1e341954079855bc60dfdda641363bd6922569"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -1337,9 +1348,9 @@ checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libz-ng-sys"
-version = "1.1.9"
+version = "1.1.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2468756f34903b582fe7154dc1ffdebd89d0562c4a43b53c621bb0f1b1043ccb"
+checksum = "c6409efc61b12687963e602df8ecf70e8ddacf95bc6576bcf16e3ac6328083c5"
 dependencies = [
  "cmake",
  "libc",
@@ -1508,10 +1519,74 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.17"
+name = "num"
+version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
+checksum = "35bd024e8b2ff75562e5f34e7f4905839deb4b22955ef5e73d2fea1b9813cb23"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-bigint",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-iter",
+ "num-rational",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-bigint"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a5e44f723f1133c9deac646763579fdb3ac745e418f2a7af9cd0c431da1f20b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-complex"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73f88a1307638156682bada9d7604135552957b7818057dcef22705b4d509495"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-integer"
+version = "0.1.46"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7969661fd2958a5cb096e56c8e1ad0444ac2bbcd0061bd28660485a44879858f"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-iter"
+version = "0.1.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1429034a0490724d0075ebb2bc9e875d6503c3cf69e235a8941aa757d83ef5bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-rational"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f83d14da390562dca69fc84082e73e548e1ad308d24accdedd2720017cb37824"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-bigint",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -1626,6 +1701,15 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "111.28.2+1.1.1w"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb1830e20a48a975ca898ca8c1d036a36c3c6c5cb7dabc1c216706587857920f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
 version = "0.9.90"
@@ -1634,6 +1718,7 @@ checksum = "374533b0e45f3a7ced10fcaeccca020e66656bc03dac384f852e4e5a7a8104a6"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "openssl-src",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
@@ -1794,7 +1879,7 @@ checksum = "355f634b43cdd80724ee7848f95770e7e70eefa6dcf14fea676216573b8fd603"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "heck 0.3.3",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "log",
  "multimap",
  "petgraph 0.5.1",
@@ -1812,7 +1897,7 @@ checksum = "119533552c9a7ffacc21e099c24a0ac8bb19c2a2a3f363de84cd9b844feab270"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "heck 0.4.1",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "multimap",
@@ -1833,7 +1918,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "600d2f334aa05acb02a755e217ef1ab6dea4d51b58b7846588b747edec04efba"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
@@ -1846,7 +1931,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5d2d8d10f3c6ded6da8b05b5fb3b8a5082514344d56c9f871412d29b4e075b4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
@@ -2082,6 +2167,23 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a66a03ae7c801facd77a29370b4faec201768915ac14a721ba36f20bc9c209b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regorus"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77dd872918e5c172bd42ac49716f89a15e35be513bba3d902e355a531529a87f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "num",
+ "rand",
+ "regex",
+ "scientific",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rend"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -2259,6 +2361,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scientific"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38a4b339a8de779ecb098a772ecbba2ace74e23ed959a5b4f30631d8bf1799a8"
+dependencies = [
+ "scientific-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "scientific-macro"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2ee4885492bb655bfa05d039cd9163eb8fe9f79ddebf00ca23a1637510c2fd2"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "seahash"
 version = "4.1.0"
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.toml
index a9f0162260..72f92ab9ad 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ anyhow = "1.0.32"
 async-trait = "0.1.68"
 docker_credential = "1.3.1"
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.26", features = ["zlib-ng"], default-features = false }
+libz-ng-sys = "1.1.15" # force newer version that compiles on ppc64le
 oci-distribution = { version = "0.10.0" }
-openssl = { version = "0.10.54" }
+openssl = { version = "0.10.54", features = ["vendored"] }
 serde_ignored = "0.1.7"
 serde_json = "1.0.39"
 serde-transcode = "1.1.1"
@@ -67,3 +68,6 @@ k8s-cri = "0.7.0"
 tonic = "0.9.2"
 tower = "0.4.13"
 containerd-client = "0.4.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+regorus = { version = "0.1.4", default-features = false, features = ["arc", "regex"]}
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/Makefile b/src/tools/genpolicy/Makefile
index 3143385700..7410e20eda 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/Makefile
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ clean:
 vendor:
 	cargo vendor
 
-test:
+test: $(GENERATED_FILES)
+	@RUSTFLAGS="$(EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS) --deny warnings" cargo test --all-targets --all-features --target $(TRIPLE)
 
 install: $(GENERATED_FILES)
 	@RUSTFLAGS="$(EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS) --deny warnings" cargo install --locked --target $(TRIPLE) --path .
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/mount_and_storage.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/mount_and_storage.rs
index cdb0b9dab2..fd64b3d1df 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/mount_and_storage.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/mount_and_storage.rs
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ pub fn get_policy_mounts(
                 .find(|m| m.destination.eq(&s_mount.destination))
             {
                 // Update an already existing mount.
-                policy_mount.type_ = mount.type_.clone();
-                policy_mount.source = mount.source.clone();
+                policy_mount.type_.clone_from(&mount.type_);
+                policy_mount.source.clone_from(&mount.source);
                 policy_mount.options = mount.options.iter().map(String::from).collect();
             } else {
                 // Add a new mount.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ fn keep_settings_mount(
 fn adjust_termination_path(mount: &mut policy::KataMount, yaml_container: &pod::Container) {
     if mount.destination == "/dev/termination-log" {
         if let Some(path) = &yaml_container.terminationMessagePath {
-            mount.destination = path.clone();
+            mount.destination.clone_from(path);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
index 879c67f330..026010ea26 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
@@ -570,10 +570,12 @@ impl AgentPolicy {
         linux.Namespaces = get_kata_namespaces(is_pause_container, use_host_network);
 
         if !c_settings.Linux.MaskedPaths.is_empty() {
-            linux.MaskedPaths = c_settings.Linux.MaskedPaths.clone();
+            linux.MaskedPaths.clone_from(&c_settings.Linux.MaskedPaths);
         }
         if !c_settings.Linux.ReadonlyPaths.is_empty() {
-            linux.ReadonlyPaths = c_settings.Linux.ReadonlyPaths.clone();
+            linux
+                .ReadonlyPaths
+                .clone_from(&c_settings.Linux.ReadonlyPaths);
         }
 
         let sandbox_pidns = if is_pause_container {
@@ -722,7 +724,7 @@ fn get_image_layer_storages(
             "previous_chain_id = {}, chain_id = {}",
             &previous_chain_id, &chain_id
         );
-        previous_chain_id = chain_id.clone();
+        previous_chain_id.clone_from(&chain_id);
 
         layer_names.push(name_to_hash(&chain_id));
         layer_hashes.push(layer.verity_hash.to_string());
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/registry.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/registry.rs
index dc4ff14755..1bee737e3c 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/registry.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/registry.rs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ impl Container {
 
         if let Some(working_dir) = &docker_config.WorkingDir {
             if !working_dir.is_empty() {
-                process.Cwd = working_dir.clone();
+                process.Cwd.clone_from(working_dir);
             }
         }
 
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ pub fn add_verity_to_store(cache_file: &str, diff_id: &str, verity_hash: &str) -
         .read(true)
         .write(true)
         .create(true)
+        .truncate(false)
         .open(cache_file)?;
 
     let mut data: Vec<ImageLayer> = if let Ok(vec) = serde_json::from_reader(read_file) {
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..565b3e2a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Edgeless Systems GmbH
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+use std::any;
+use std::fs::{self, File};
+use std::path;
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::str;
+
+use protocols::agent::{CopyFileRequest, CreateSandboxRequest};
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct TestCase<T> {
+    description: String,
+    allowed: bool,
+    request: T,
+}
+
+/// Run tests from the given directory.
+/// The directory is searched under `src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata`, and
+/// it must contain a `resources.yaml` file as well as a `testcases.json` file.
+/// The resources must produce a policy when fed into genpolicy, so there
+/// should be exactly one entry with a PodSpec. The test case file must contain
+/// a JSON list of [TestCase] instances appropriate for `T`.
+fn runtests<T>(test_case_dir: &str)
+where
+    T: DeserializeOwned + Serialize,
+{
+    // Prepare temp dir for running genpolicy.
+
+    let workdir = path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_TARGET_TMPDIR")).join(test_case_dir);
+    fs::create_dir_all(&workdir)
+        .expect("should be able to create directories under CARGO_TARGET_TMPDIR");
+
+    let genpolicy_dir = path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+
+    for base in ["rules.rego", "genpolicy-settings.json"] {
+        fs::copy(genpolicy_dir.join(base), workdir.join(base))
+            .expect("copying files around should not fail");
+    }
+
+    let test_data = genpolicy_dir.join("tests/testdata").join(test_case_dir);
+    fs::copy(test_data.join("pod.yaml"), workdir.join("pod.yaml"))
+        .expect("copying files around should not fail");
+
+    // Run the command and return the generated policy.
+
+    let output = Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_genpolicy"))
+        .current_dir(workdir)
+        .args(["-u", "-r", "-y", "pod.yaml"])
+        .output()
+        .expect("executing the genpolicy command should not fail");
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        output.status.code(),
+        Some(0),
+        "genpolicy failed: {}",
+        str::from_utf8(output.stderr.as_slice()).expect("genpolicy should return status code 0")
+    );
+    let policy = str::from_utf8(output.stdout.as_slice())
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+
+    // Set up the policy engine.
+
+    let mut pol = regorus::Engine::new();
+    pol.add_policy("policy.rego".to_string(), policy).unwrap();
+
+    // Run through the test cases and evaluate the canned requests.
+
+    let case_file =
+        File::open(test_data.join("testcases.json")).expect("test case file should open");
+    let test_cases: Vec<TestCase<T>> =
+        serde_json::from_reader(case_file).expect("test case file should parse");
+
+    for test_case in test_cases {
+        println!("\n== case: {} ==\n", test_case.description);
+
+        let v = serde_json::to_value(&test_case.request).unwrap();
+        pol.set_input(v.into());
+        let query = format!(
+            "data.agent_policy.{}",
+            any::type_name::<T>().split("::").last().unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(test_case.allowed, pol.eval_deny_query(query, true));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_copyfile() {
+    runtests::<CopyFileRequest>("copyfile");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_create_sandbox() {
+    runtests::<CreateSandboxRequest>("createsandbox");
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/pod.yaml b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ac6554ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: dummy
+spec:
+  runtimeClassName: kata-cc-isolation
+  containers:
+  - name: dummy
+    image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.6@sha256:3d380ca8864549e74af4b29c10f9cb0956236dfb01c40ca076fb6c37253234db
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/testcases.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/testcases.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d420d81cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/copyfile/testcases.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[
+  {
+    "description": "copy initiated by k8s mount",
+    "allowed": true,
+    "request": {
+      "path": "/run/kata-containers/shared/containers/81e5f43bc8599c5661e66f959ac28df5bfb30da23c5d583f2dcc6f9e0c5186dc-ce23cfeb91e75aaa-resolv.conf"
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "description": "attempt to copy outside of container root",
+    "allowed": false,
+    "request": {
+      "path": "/etc/ssl/cert.pem"
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/pod.yaml b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ac6554ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: dummy
+spec:
+  runtimeClassName: kata-cc-isolation
+  containers:
+  - name: dummy
+    image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.6@sha256:3d380ca8864549e74af4b29c10f9cb0956236dfb01c40ca076fb6c37253234db
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/testcases.json b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/testcases.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a024221b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/tests/testdata/createsandbox/testcases.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[
+  {
+    "description": "no pidns",
+    "allowed": true,
+    "request": {
+      "sandbox_pidns": false
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/tools/Dockerfile b/tools/packaging/static-build/tools/Dockerfile
index ed112b72e4..cc87360ed6 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/tools/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/tools/Dockerfile
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ RUN apk --no-cache add \
         openssl-libs-static \
         make \
         musl-dev \
+        perl \
         protoc && \
     curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain ${RUST_TOOLCHAIN}