diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
index ec5f9018..bfb724bf 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ _run_setup() {
     # VM's come with the distro. skopeo package pre-installed
     dnf erase -y skopeo
 
+    # Required for testing the SIF transport
+    dnf install -y fakeroot squashfs-tools
+
     # A slew of compiled binaries are pre-built and distributed
     # within the CI/Dev container image, but we want to run
     # things directly on the host VM.  Fortunately they're all
diff --git a/systemtest/020-copy.bats b/systemtest/020-copy.bats
index c302fb50..d29a91ec 100644
--- a/systemtest/020-copy.bats
+++ b/systemtest/020-copy.bats
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ function setup() {
     diff -urN $shareddir $dir2/blobs
 }
 
+@test "copy: sif image" {
+    local localimg=dir:$TESTDIR/dir
+
+    run_skopeo copy sif:${TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/testdata/busybox_latest.sif $localimg
+    run_skopeo inspect $localimg --format "{{.Architecture}}"
+    expect_output "amd64"
+}
+
 teardown() {
     podman rm -f reg
 
diff --git a/systemtest/helpers.bash b/systemtest/helpers.bash
index 2f57b215..a81c646e 100644
--- a/systemtest/helpers.bash
+++ b/systemtest/helpers.bash
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SKOPEO_BINARY=${SKOPEO_BINARY:-$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/../skopeo}
+# Directory containing system test sources
+TEST_SOURCE_DIR=${TEST_SOURCE_DIR:-$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})}
+
+# Skopeo executable
+SKOPEO_BINARY=${SKOPEO_BINARY:-${TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/../bin/skopeo}
 
 # Default timeout for a skopeo command.
 SKOPEO_TIMEOUT=${SKOPEO_TIMEOUT:-300}
diff --git a/systemtest/testdata/busybox_latest.sif b/systemtest/testdata/busybox_latest.sif
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f8bca1ad
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