diff --git a/tests/captree/main.fmf b/tests/captree/main.fmf
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+summary: captree smoke test
+description: tests basic captree functionality
diff --git a/tests/captree/test.sh b/tests/captree/test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+. /usr/share/beakerlib/beakerlib.sh || exit 1
+
+rlJournalStart
+
+if rpm --eval '%{golang_arches}' | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -q -e "$(rpm --eval '%{_arch}')"; then
+    rlPhaseStartTest "Should display help"
+    rlRun "captree -h"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest "Should list capabilities of pid 1"
+    rlRun -s "captree --depth 1 1"
+    rlAssertGrep 'systemd.*=ep' $rlRun_LOG
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest "Should display sys admin capability"
+    rlRun -s "capsh --drop=cap_sys_admin -- -c 'captree --verbose \$\$'"
+    rlAssertGrep "!cap_sys_admin" $rlRun_LOG
+    rlPhaseEnd
+fi
+
+rlJournalEnd