diff --git a/test/cases/010_platforms/110_gcp/000_run/test.sh b/test/cases/010_platforms/110_gcp/000_run/test.sh
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index 000000000..8a16bbcc4
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+++ b/test/cases/010_platforms/110_gcp/000_run/test.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# SUMMARY: Check that gcp image boots in gcp
+# LABELS: skip
+
+set -e
+
+# Source libraries. Uncomment if needed/defined
+#. "${RT_LIB}"
+. "${RT_PROJECT_ROOT}/_lib/lib.sh"
+
+NAME=gcp-$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 8 | head -n 1)
+export CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT="moby-datakit-ci"
+export CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE="europe-west1-d"
+export CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_BUCKET="linuxkit-gcp-test-bucket"
+
+clean_up() {
+	rm -rf ${NAME}*
+    docker run -i --rm \
+        -e CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT \
+        -v `pwd`/certs:/certs \
+        google/cloud-sdk \
+        sh -c "gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file /certs/svc_account.json; \
+        gsutil rm gs://${CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_BUCKET}/${NAME}.img.tar.gz" || true
+    rm -rf certs
+}
+trap clean_up EXIT
+
+[ -n "$GCLOUD_CREDENTIALS" ] || exit 1
+mkdir -p certs
+printf '%s' "$GCLOUD_CREDENTIALS" > certs/svc_account.json
+
+linuxkit build -format gcp -name "${NAME}" test.yml
+[ -f "${NAME}.img.tar.gz" ] || exit 1
+linuxkit push gcp -keys certs/svc_account.json -bucket linuxkit-gcp-test-bucket ${NAME}.img.tar.gz
+# tee output of lk run to file as grep hides failures and doesn't 
+# always allow the vm to be cleaned up
+linuxkit run gcp -keys certs/svc_account.json ${NAME} | tee ${NAME}.log
+grep -q "Welcome to LinuxKit" ${NAME}.log
+
+exit 0
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diff --git a/test/cases/010_platforms/110_gcp/000_run/test.yml b/test/cases/010_platforms/110_gcp/000_run/test.yml
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index 000000000..741c0f220
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+++ b/test/cases/010_platforms/110_gcp/000_run/test.yml
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+kernel:
+  image: linuxkit/kernel:4.19.76
+  cmdline: "console=ttyS0"
+init:
+  - linuxkit/init:1d8e0532ca588c5ad0d9ca6038349a70bb7ac626
+  - linuxkit/runc:c1f0db27e71d948f3134b31ce76276f843849b0a
+onboot:
+  - name: poweroff
+    image: linuxkit/poweroff:b498d30dd9660090565537fceb9e757618737a85
+    command: ["/bin/sh", "/poweroff.sh", "10"]
+trust:
+  org:
+    - linuxkit