diff --git a/test/kmod/Dockerfile b/test/kmod/Dockerfile
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+++ b/test/kmod/Dockerfile
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+# This Dockerfile extracts the kernel headers from the kernel image
+# and then compiles a simple hello world kernel module against them.
+# In the last stage, it creates a package, which can be used for
+# testing.
+
+FROM linuxkit/kernel:4.9.x AS ksrc
+
+# Extract headers and compile module
+FROM linuxkit/kernel-compile:1b396c221af673757703258159ddc8539843b02b@sha256:6b32d205bfc6407568324337b707d195d027328dbfec554428ea93e7b0a8299b AS build
+COPY --from=ksrc /kernel-dev.tar /
+RUN tar xf kernel-dev.tar
+
+WORKDIR /kmod
+COPY ./src/* ./
+RUN make all
+
+# Package
+FROM alpine:3.5
+COPY --from=build /kmod/hello_world.ko /
+COPY check.sh /check.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "/check.sh"]
diff --git a/test/kmod/check.sh b/test/kmod/check.sh
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+++ b/test/kmod/check.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+function failed {
+	printf "Kernel module test suite FAILED\n"
+	/sbin/poweroff -f
+}
+
+uname -a
+modinfo hello_world.ko || failed
+insmod hello_world.ko || failed
+[ -n "$(dmesg | grep -o 'Hello LinuxKit')" ] || failed
+rmmod hello_world || failed
+
+printf "Kernel module test suite PASSED\n"
+
+/sbin/poweroff -f
diff --git a/test/kmod/kmod.yml b/test/kmod/kmod.yml
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+++ b/test/kmod/kmod.yml
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+kernel:
+  image: "linuxkit/kernel:4.9.x"
+  cmdline: "console=ttyS0"
+init:
+  - linuxkit/init:63eed9ca7a09d2ce4c0c5e7238ac005fa44f564b
+  - linuxkit/runc:b0fb122e10dbb7e4e45115177a61a3f8d68c19a9
+  - linuxkit/containerd:18eaf72f3f4f9a9f29ca1951f66df701f873060b
+onboot:
+  - name: check
+    image: "kmod-test"
+    binds:
+     - /dev:/dev
+     - /lib/modules:/lib/modules
+    capabilities:
+     - all
+outputs:
+  - format: kernel+initrd
diff --git a/test/kmod/run_test.sh b/test/kmod/run_test.sh
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+++ b/test/kmod/run_test.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Make sure we have the latest kernel image
+docker pull linuxkit/kernel:4.9.x
+# Build a package
+docker build -t kmod-test .
+# Build a LinuxKit image with kernel module (and test script)
+moby build kmod
+# Run it
+linuxkit run kmod
diff --git a/test/kmod/src/Makefile b/test/kmod/src/Makefile
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+++ b/test/kmod/src/Makefile
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+obj-m += hello_world.o
+KVER=$(shell basename /usr/src/linux-headers-*)
+all:
+	make -C /usr/src/$(KVER) M=$(PWD) modules
+clean:
+	make -C /usr/src/$(KVER) M=$(PWD) clean
diff --git a/test/kmod/src/hello_world.c b/test/kmod/src/hello_world.c
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index 000000000..7dd6d3ee2
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+++ b/test/kmod/src/hello_world.c
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+/*  
+ * A simple Hello World kernel module 
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+
+int init_hello(void)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Hello LinuxKit\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void exit_hello(void)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Goodbye LinuxKit.\n");
+}
+
+module_init(init_hello);
+module_exit(exit_hello);
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Rolf Neugebauer <rolf.neugebauer@docker.com>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A simple Hello World kernel module for testing");