diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d7245a8439..52a86b08d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -88,3 +88,10 @@ jobs:
     with:
       tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+
+  run-vfio-tests:
+    needs: build-kata-static-tarball-amd64
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-vfio-tests.yaml
+    with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-vfio-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-vfio-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba34d20889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-vfio-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: CI | Run vfio tests
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      tarball-suffix:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      commit-hash:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  run-vfio:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        vmm: ['clh', 'qemu']
+    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204
+    env:
+      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/functional/vfio/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run vfio tests
+        run: bash tests/functional/vfio/gha-run.sh run
diff --git a/tests/functional/vfio/gha-run.sh b/tests/functional/vfio/gha-run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f4cb608de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/vfio/gha-run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+kata_tarball_dir="${2:-kata-artifacts}"
+vfio_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+source "${vfio_dir}/../../common.bash"
+
+function install_dependencies() {
+	info "Installing the dependencies needed for running the vfio tests"
+}
+
+function run() {
+	info "Running cri-containerd tests using ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} hypervisor"
+}
+
+function main() {
+	action="${1:-}"
+	case "${action}" in
+		install-dependencies) install_dependencies ;;
+		run) run ;;
+		*) >&2 die "Invalid argument" ;;
+	esac
+}
+
+main "$@"