diff --git a/pkg/dummy/Dockerfile b/pkg/dummy/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d790b65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/dummy/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM linuxkit/alpine:5d89cd05a567f9bfbe4502be1027a422d46f4a75 AS build
+RUN apk add --no-cache --initdb make
+
+FROM scratch
+ENTRYPOINT []
+CMD []
+WORKDIR /
+COPY --from=build /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/
+COPY infile infile
diff --git a/pkg/dummy/build.yml b/pkg/dummy/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33e76aa3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/dummy/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+image: dummy
diff --git a/pkg/dummy/infile b/pkg/dummy/infile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a8c3291d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/dummy/infile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a silly input file for testing.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/cases/040_packages/001_dummy/test.sh b/test/cases/040_packages/001_dummy/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5396f9475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/040_packages/001_dummy/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SUMMARY: Check that the dummy pkg exists
+# LABELS:
+# REPEAT:
+
+set -e
+
+# Source libraries. Uncomment if needed/defined
+#. "${RT_LIB}"
+. "${RT_PROJECT_ROOT}/_lib/lib.sh"
+NAME=dummy
+
+clean_up() {
+	rm -rf ${NAME}-*
+}
+trap clean_up EXIT
+
+# Test code goes here
+linuxkit build -format kernel+initrd -name "${NAME}" test.yml
+# all we are checking is that we can build using the dummy package, which
+# was not pushed out
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/test/cases/040_packages/001_dummy/test.yml b/test/cases/040_packages/001_dummy/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c3c23dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/040_packages/001_dummy/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+kernel:
+  image: linuxkit/kernel:5.10.104
+  cmdline: "console=ttyS0 console=ttyAMA0"
+init:
+  - linuxkit/init:8f1e6a0747acbbb4d7e24dc98f97faa8d1c6cec7
+  - linuxkit/runc:f01b88c7033180d50ae43562d72707c6881904e4
+onboot:
+  - name: dummy
+    image: linuxkit/dummy:611bf5a6f37a3f508c3b8c7be5fb57fd70132c3e
+  - name: poweroff
+    image: linuxkit/poweroff:39d99e5909b6f8faccedc78d6d2646cdb6c9ed9c
+    command: ["/bin/sh", "/poweroff.sh", "10"]