diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-debug-console.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-debug-console.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e037ab7be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-debug-console.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/lib.sh"
+
+# For kata-runtime
+export KATA_HOME="/opt/kata"
+export KATA_RUNTIME="${KATA_HOME}/bin/kata-runtime"
+
+timeout=${timeout:-30}
+
+setup() {
+  if [[ "${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE}" != "baremetal" ]]; then
+    skip "Debug console only available from baremetal systems"
+  fi
+
+  pod_name="busybox-base-pod"
+  get_pod_config_dir
+  yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-busybox-base.yaml"
+}
+
+@test "Access and verify that the debug console is working" {
+  # Create pod
+  kubectl apply -f "${yaml_file}"
+
+  # Check pod creation
+  kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=${timeout} pod "${pod_name}"
+
+  # Get sandbox ID
+  sandbox_id=$(get_kata_sandbox_id_by_pod_name "${pod_name}")
+  echo "Sandbox ID for pod [${pod_name}]: ${sandbox_id}"
+
+  # Test debug console
+  local kata_agent_path=$(sudo "${KATA_RUNTIME}" exec "${sandbox_id}" which kata-agent)
+  if [[ ! "${kata_agent_path}" =~ "kata-agent" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: The debug console could not locate the kata-agent: ${kata_agent_path}" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+teardown() {
+  if [[ "${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE}" != "baremetal" ]]; then
+    skip "Debug console only available from baremetal systems"
+  fi
+
+  # Debugging information
+  kubectl describe "pod/${pod_name}"
+
+  kubectl delete pod "${pod_name}"
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh
index bfc4c3c3d9..521c36951a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/lib.sh
@@ -372,3 +372,19 @@ get_node_kata_sandbox_id() {
 	done
 	echo $kata_sandbox_id
 }
+
+get_kata_sandbox_id_by_pod_name() {
+  local pod_name="${1}"
+
+  # Get sandbox ID from crictl
+  local sandbox_id=$(sudo crictl inspectp --name "${pod_name}" | jq -r '.status.id')
+
+  # Error handle
+  if [ -z "${sandbox_id}" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Could not determine sandbox ID for pod with name: ${pod_name}" >&2
+	return 1
+  fi
+
+  # Return
+  echo "${sandbox_id}"
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index a62dcfe073..4c7326f6a5 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ else
 	)
 
 	K8S_TEST_NORMAL_HOST_UNION=( \
+		"k8s-debug-console.bats" \
 		"k8s-number-cpus.bats" \
 		"k8s-parallel.bats" \
 		"k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.bats" \
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-busybox-base.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-busybox-base.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe36e52cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-busybox-base.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: busybox-base-pod
+spec:
+  runtimeClassName: kata
+  containers:
+    - name: busybox-base
+      image: quay.io/prometheus/busybox:latest
+      command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+      args:
+        - sleep 180