diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dade81e..ea90996 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 Gemfile.lock
 .bundled_gems/
+log/
+junit/
+.vagrant/
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 96912da..d69f807 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ group :development, :test do
   else
     gem 'puppet', '~> 3.0', :require => false
   end
+end
 
+group :system_tests do
+  gem 'beaker-rspec', :require => false
 end
 
 # vim:ft=ruby
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4e8a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
+
+describe 'puppet-bandersnatch module' do
+  def pp_path
+    base_path = File.dirname(__FILE__)
+    File.join(base_path, 'fixtures')
+  end
+
+  def preconditions_puppet_module
+    module_path = File.join(pp_path, 'preconditions.pp')
+    File.read(module_path)
+  end
+
+  def default_puppet_module
+    module_path = File.join(pp_path, 'default.pp')
+    File.read(module_path)
+  end
+
+  before(:all) do
+    apply_manifest(preconditions_puppet_module, catch_failures: true)
+  end
+
+  it 'should work with no errors' do
+    apply_manifest(default_puppet_module, catch_failures: true)
+  end
+
+  it 'should be idempotent', :if => ['debian', 'ubuntu'].include?(os[:family]) do
+    apply_manifest(default_puppet_module, catch_changes: true)
+  end
+
+  it 'should be idempotent', :if => ['fedora', 'redhat'].include?(os[:family]) do
+    pending('this module is not idempotent on CentOS yet')
+    apply_manifest(default_puppet_module, catch_changes: true)
+  end
+
+  describe cron do
+    it { should have_entry('*/5 * * * * flock -n /var/run/bandersnatch/mirror.lock timeout -k 2m 30m run-bandersnatch >>/var/log/bandersnatch/mirror.log 2>\&1').with_user('root') }
+  end
+
+  describe 'files and directories' do
+    describe file('/var/log/bandersnatch') do
+      it { should be_directory }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/var/run/bandersnatch') do
+      it { should be_directory }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/usr/local/bin/run-bandersnatch') do
+      it { should be_file }
+      it { should be_owned_by 'root' }
+      it { should be_grouped_into 'root' }
+      its(:content) { should match 'if __name__ == \'__main__\':' }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/srv/static/mirror/web/robots.txt') do
+      it { should be_file }
+      it { should be_owned_by 'root' }
+      it { should be_grouped_into 'root' }
+      its(:content) { should match 'User-agent: \*' }
+      its(:content) { should match 'Disallow: /' }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/etc/bandersnatch.conf') do
+      it { should be_file }
+      its(:content) { should match '[mirror]' }
+      its(:content) { should match 'directory = /srv/static/mirror' }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/srv/static') do
+      it { should be_directory }
+    end
+
+    describe 'directories belonging to root user and group' do
+      directories = [
+        file('/srv/static/mirror'),
+        file('/srv/static/mirror/web'),
+      ]
+
+      directories.each do |dir|
+        describe dir do
+          it { should be_directory }
+          it { should be_owned_by 'root'}
+          it { should be_grouped_into 'root'}
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'required packages' do
+    packages = [
+      package('bandersnatch'),
+    ]
+
+    packages.each do |package|
+      describe package do
+        it { should be_installed.by('pip') }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'required services' do
+    describe port(80) do
+      it { should be_listening }
+    end
+
+    describe command("curl localhost") do
+      its(:stdout) { should contain('Index of /') }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/fixtures/default.pp b/spec/acceptance/fixtures/default.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06ffe7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/fixtures/default.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class { '::bandersnatch':
+}
+
+class { '::bandersnatch::mirror':
+  vhost_name => '127.0.0.1',
+  require    => Class['::bandersnatch'],
+}
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/fixtures/preconditions.pp b/spec/acceptance/fixtures/preconditions.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01e9cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/fixtures/preconditions.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Installing pip since bandersnatch dependencies are managed by it
+exec { 'download get-pip.py':
+  command => 'wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -O /tmp/get-pip.py',
+  path    => '/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin',
+  creates => '/tmp/get-pip.py',
+}
+
+exec { 'install pip using get-pip':
+  command     => 'python /tmp/get-pip.py',
+  path        => '/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin',
+  refreshonly => true,
+  subscribe   => Exec['download get-pip.py'],
+}