diff --git a/test/bin/common_versions.sh b/test/bin/common_versions.sh
index 3491e51d61..e3ff5f1fe0 100644
--- a/test/bin/common_versions.sh
+++ b/test/bin/common_versions.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ export RHOCP_MINOR_Y2=18
 # See https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy/releases.
 export CNCF_SONOBUOY_VERSION=v0.57.3
 
+# The current version of the microshift-gitops package.
+export GITOPS_VERSION=1.16
+
 # The brew release versions needed for release regression testing
 BREW_Y0_RELEASE_VERSION="$(get_vrel_from_rpm "${BREW_RPM_SOURCE}/4.${MINOR_VERSION}-zstream/${UNAME_M}/")"
 BREW_Y1_RELEASE_VERSION="$(get_vrel_from_rpm "${BREW_RPM_SOURCE}/4.${PREVIOUS_MINOR_VERSION}-zstream/${UNAME_M}/")"
diff --git a/test/image-blueprints-bootc/layer3-periodic/group2/rhel96-bootc-source-gitops.containerfile b/test/image-blueprints-bootc/layer3-periodic/group2/rhel96-bootc-source-gitops.containerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7294382846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image-blueprints-bootc/layer3-periodic/group2/rhel96-bootc-source-gitops.containerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM localhost/rhel96-bootc-source:latest
+
+# Copy repository configuration
+COPY ./bootc-images/microshift-gitops.repo \
+    /etc/yum.repos.d/
+
+# Print repository configuration contents.
+# Install MicroShift and cleanup.
+RUN dnf install -y microshift-gitops && \
+    rm -vf /etc/yum.repos.d/microshift-*.repo && \
+    dnf clean all
diff --git a/test/package-sources-bootc/microshift-gitops.repo b/test/package-sources-bootc/microshift-gitops.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21e8ff6c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/package-sources-bootc/microshift-gitops.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[microshift-gitops]
+name = Red Hat OpenShift GitOps {{ .Env.GITOPS_VERSION }} for RHEL 9 {{ .Env.UNAME_M }} (RPMs)
+baseurl = https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/layered/rhel9/{{ .Env.UNAME_M }}/gitops/{{ .Env.GITOPS_VERSION }}/os
+enabled = 1
+gpgcheck = 1
+gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
+sslverify = 1
+sslcacert = /etc/rhsm/ca/redhat-uep.pem
+sslclientkey = {{ .Env.SSL_CLIENT_KEY_FILE }}
+sslclientcert = {{ .Env.SSL_CLIENT_CERT_FILE }}
diff --git a/test/scenarios-bootc/periodics/el96-src@gitops.sh b/test/scenarios-bootc/periodics/el96-src@gitops.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0778c3c73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scenarios-bootc/periodics/el96-src@gitops.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Sourced from scenario.sh and uses functions defined there.
+
+scenario_create_vms() {
+    prepare_kickstart host1 kickstart-bootc.ks.template rhel96-bootc-source-gitops
+    launch_vm --boot_blueprint rhel96-bootc
+}
+
+scenario_remove_vms() {
+    remove_vm host1
+}
+
+scenario_run_tests() {
+    run_tests host1 \
+        suites/gitops/
+}
diff --git a/test/suites/gitops/gitops.robot b/test/suites/gitops/gitops.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0802866a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/suites/gitops/gitops.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation       MicroShift GitOps tests
+
+Resource            ../../resources/microshift-process.resource
+
+Suite Setup         Setup Suite With Namespace
+Suite Teardown      Teardown Suite With Namespace
+
+
+*** Variables ***
+${WORKLOAD_URL}     https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps/refs/heads/master/guestbook/guestbook-ui-deployment.yaml
+
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Verify GitOps Pods Start Correctly
+    [Documentation]    Waits for pods to enter a running state
+
+    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    2min    10s
+    ...    All Pods Should Be Running    openshift-gitops
+
+Verify Workload Deployed Correctly
+    [Documentation]    Deploys workload and waits for ready status
+
+    Oc Apply    -f ${WORKLOAD_URL} -n ${NAMESPACE}
+    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    5min    10s
+    ...    Named Deployment Should Be Available    guestbook-ui