diff --git a/core/scripts/BUILD b/core/scripts/BUILD
index 81a8d6c..ce5e9a5 100644
--- a/core/scripts/BUILD
+++ b/core/scripts/BUILD
@@ -8,3 +8,11 @@
     ],
     tags = ["local"],
 )
+
+sh_test(
+    name = "test_boot",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["test_boot.sh"],
+    tags = ["local"],
+    deps = [":launch"],
+)
diff --git a/core/scripts/test_boot.sh b/core/scripts/test_boot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f2df41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/scripts/test_boot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/expect -f
+
+set timeout 30
+
+spawn core/scripts/launch.sh
+
+expect "Network service got IP" {} default {
+  send_error "Failed while waiting for IP address"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+expect "Initialized encrypted storage" {
+  exit 0
+} default {
+  send_error "Failed while waiting for encrypted storage"
+  exit 1
+}