diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c0c2074bb..151c8fe87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -74,3 +74,10 @@ jobs:
     with:
       tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+
+  run-cri-containerd-tests:
+    needs: build-kata-static-tarball-amd64
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml
+    with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dd54fcb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: CI | Run cri-containerd tests
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      tarball-suffix:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      commit-hash:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  run-cri-containerd:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        vmm: ['clh', 'qemu']
+    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204
+    env:
+      KATA_HYPERVSIOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run cri-containerd tests
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh run
diff --git a/tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cf2500048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+kata_tarball_dir="${2:-kata-artifacts}"
+cri_containerd_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")" 
+source "${cri_containerd_dir}/../../common.bash"
+
+function run() {
+	info "Running cri-containerd tests using ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} hypervisor"
+
+	create_symbolic_links ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}
+	return 0
+}
+
+function main() {
+	action="${1:-}"
+	case "${action}" in
+		install-kata) install_kata ;;
+		run) run ;;
+		*) >&2 die "Invalid argument" ;;
+	esac
+}
+
+main "$@"