diff --git a/metropolis/test/installer/BUILD.bazel b/metropolis/test/installer/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/metropolis/test/installer/BUILD.bazel
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+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
+
+go_test(
+    name = "installer",
+    size = "small",
+    data = [
+        "//metropolis/node/installer:kernel",
+        "//third_party/edk2:firmware",
+        "@qemu//:qemu-x86_64-softmmu",
+    ],
+    embed = [":go_default_library"],
+    rundir = ".",
+)
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = ["main.go"],
+    importpath = "source.monogon.dev/metropolis/test/installer",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+    deps = [
+        "//metropolis/cli/metroctl/core:go_default_library",
+        "//metropolis/node/build/mkimage/osimage:go_default_library",
+        "@com_github_diskfs_go_diskfs//:go_default_library",
+        "@com_github_diskfs_go_diskfs//disk:go_default_library",
+        "@com_github_diskfs_go_diskfs//partition/gpt:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/metropolis/test/installer/main.go b/metropolis/test/installer/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f31290d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metropolis/test/installer/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Monogon Project Authors.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// This package runs the installer image in a VM provided with an empty block
+// device. It then examines the installer console output and the blok device to
+// determine whether the installation process completed without issue.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+
+	diskfs "github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs"
+	"github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs/disk"
+	"github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs/partition/gpt"
+	mctl "source.monogon.dev/metropolis/cli/metroctl/core"
+	osimage "source.monogon.dev/metropolis/node/build/mkimage/osimage"
+)
+
+const (
+	InstallerEFIPayload = "metropolis/node/installer/kernel.efi"
+	InstallerImage      = "metropolis/test/installer/installer.img"
+	NodeStorage         = "metropolis/test/installer/stor.img"
+)
+
+// runQemu starts a QEMU process and waits for it to finish. args is
+// concatenated to the list of predefined default arguments. It returns true if
+// expectedOutput is found in the serial port output. It may return an error.
+func runQemu(args []string, expectedOutput string) (bool, error) {
+	// Prepare the default parameter list.
+	defaultArgs := []string{
+		"-machine", "q35", "-accel", "kvm", "-nographic", "-nodefaults",
+		"-m", "512",
+		"-smp", "2",
+		"-cpu", "host",
+		"-drive", "if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=external/edk2/OVMF_CODE.fd",
+		"-drive", "if=pflash,format=raw,snapshot=on,file=external/edk2/OVMF_VARS.fd",
+		"-drive", "if=virtio,format=raw,snapshot=on,cache=unsafe,file=" + InstallerImage,
+		"-serial", "stdio",
+		"-no-reboot",
+	}
+	// Join the parameter lists and prepare the Qemu command, but don't run it
+	// just yet.
+	qemuArgs := append(defaultArgs, args...)
+	qemuCmd := exec.Command("external/qemu/qemu-x86_64-softmmu", qemuArgs...)
+
+	// Copy the stdout and stderr output so that it could be matched against
+	// expectedOutput later.
+	var outBuf, errBuf bytes.Buffer
+	outWriter := bufio.NewWriter(&outBuf)
+	errWriter := bufio.NewWriter(&errBuf)
+	qemuCmd.Stdout = io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, outWriter)
+	qemuCmd.Stderr = io.MultiWriter(os.Stderr, errWriter)
+	if err := qemuCmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("couldn't start QEMU: %w", err)
+	}
+	outWriter.Flush()
+	errWriter.Flush()
+
+	// Try matching against expectedOutput and return the result.
+	result := bytes.Contains(outBuf.Bytes(), []byte(expectedOutput)) ||
+		bytes.Contains(errBuf.Bytes(), []byte(expectedOutput))
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// getStorage creates a sparse file, given a size expressed in mebibytes, and
+// returns a path to that file. It may return an error.
+func getStorage(size int64) (string, error) {
+	image, err := os.Create(NodeStorage)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("couldn't create the block device image at %q: %w", NodeStorage, err)
+	}
+	if err := syscall.Ftruncate(int(image.Fd()), size*1024*1024); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("couldn't resize the block device image at %q: %w", NodeStorage, err)
+	}
+	image.Close()
+	return NodeStorage, nil
+}
+
+// qemuDriveParam returns QEMU parameters required to run it with a
+// raw-format image at path.
+func qemuDriveParam(path string) []string {
+	return []string{"-drive", "if=virtio,format=raw,snapshot=off,cache=unsafe,file=" + path}
+}
+
+// checkEspContents verifies the presence of the EFI payload inside of image's
+// first partition. It returns nil on success.
+func checkEspContents(image *disk.Disk) error {
+	// Get the ESP.
+	fs, err := image.GetFilesystem(1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't read the installer ESP: %w", err)
+	}
+	// Make sure the EFI payload exists by attempting to open it.
+	efiPayload, err := fs.OpenFile(osimage.EFIPayloadPath, os.O_RDONLY)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't open the installer's EFI Payload at %q: %w", osimage.EFIPayloadPath, err)
+	}
+	efiPayload.Close()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	// Build the installer image with metroctl, given the EFI executable
+	// generated by Metropolis buildsystem. This mimics standard usage of
+	// metroctl CLI.
+	installer, err := os.Open(InstallerEFIPayload)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Couldn't open the installer EFI executable at %q: %s", InstallerEFIPayload, err.Error())
+	}
+	info, err := installer.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Couldn't stat the installer EFI executable: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	iargs := mctl.MakeInstallerImageArgs{
+		Installer:     installer,
+		InstallerSize: uint64(info.Size()),
+		TargetPath:    InstallerImage,
+	}
+	if err := mctl.MakeInstallerImage(iargs); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Couldn't create the installer image at %q: %s", InstallerImage, err.Error())
+	}
+	// With common dependencies set up, run the tests.
+	code := m.Run()
+	// Clean up.
+	os.Remove(InstallerImage)
+	os.Exit(code)
+}
+
+func TestInstallerImage(t *testing.T) {
+	// This test examines the installer image, making sure that the GPT and the
+	// ESP contents are in order.
+	image, err := diskfs.OpenWithMode(InstallerImage, diskfs.ReadOnly)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Couldn't open the installer image at %q: %s", InstallerImage, err.Error())
+	}
+	// Verify that GPT exists.
+	ti, err := image.GetPartitionTable()
+	if ti.Type() != "gpt" {
+		t.Error("Couldn't verify that the installer image contains a GPT.")
+	}
+	// Check that the first partition is likely to be a valid ESP.
+	pi := ti.GetPartitions()
+	esp := (pi[0]).(*gpt.Partition)
+	if esp.Start == 0 || esp.End == 0 {
+		t.Error("The installer's ESP GPT entry looks off.")
+	}
+	// Verify that the image contains only one partition.
+	second := (pi[1]).(*gpt.Partition)
+	if second.Name != "" || second.Start != 0 || second.End != 0 {
+		t.Error("It appears the installer image contains more than one partition.")
+	}
+	// Verify the ESP contents.
+	if err := checkEspContents(image); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNoBlockDevices(t *testing.T) {
+	// No block devices are passed to QEMU aside from the install medium. Expect
+	// the installer to fail at the device probe stage rather than attempting to
+	// use the medium as the target device.
+	expectedOutput := "couldn't find a suitable block device"
+	result, err := runQemu(nil, expectedOutput)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+	if result != true {
+		t.Errorf("QEMU didn't produce the expected output %q", expectedOutput)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBlockDeviceTooSmall(t *testing.T) {
+	// Prepare the block device the installer will install to. This time the
+	// target device is too small to host a Metropolis installation.
+	imagePath, err := getStorage(64)
+	defer os.Remove(imagePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Run QEMU. Expect the installer to fail with a predefined error string.
+	expectedOutput := "couldn't find a suitable block device"
+	result, err := runQemu(qemuDriveParam(imagePath), expectedOutput)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+	if result != true {
+		t.Errorf("QEMU didn't produce the expected output %q", expectedOutput)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInstall(t *testing.T) {
+	// Prepare the block device image the installer will install to.
+	storagePath, err := getStorage(4096 + 128 + 128 + 1)
+	defer os.Remove(storagePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Run QEMU. Expect the installer to succeed.
+	expectedOutput := "Installation completed"
+	result, err := runQemu(qemuDriveParam(storagePath), expectedOutput)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+	if result != true {
+		t.Errorf("QEMU didn't produce the expected output %q", expectedOutput)
+	}
+
+	// Verify the resulting node image. Check whether the node GPT was created.
+	storage, err := diskfs.OpenWithMode(storagePath, diskfs.ReadOnly)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Couldn't open the resulting node image at %q: %s", storagePath, err.Error())
+	}
+	// Verify that GPT exists.
+	ti, err := storage.GetPartitionTable()
+	if ti.Type() != "gpt" {
+		t.Error("Couldn't verify that the resulting node image contains a GPT.")
+	}
+	// Check that the first partition is likely to be a valid ESP.
+	pi := ti.GetPartitions()
+	esp := (pi[0]).(*gpt.Partition)
+	if esp.Name != osimage.ESPVolumeLabel || esp.Start == 0 || esp.End == 0 {
+		t.Error("The node's ESP GPT entry looks off.")
+	}
+	// Verify the system partition's GPT entry.
+	system := (pi[1]).(*gpt.Partition)
+	if system.Name != osimage.SystemVolumeLabel || system.Start == 0 || system.End == 0 {
+		t.Error("The node's system partition GPT entry looks off.")
+	}
+	// Verify the data partition's GPT entry.
+	data := (pi[2]).(*gpt.Partition)
+	if data.Name != osimage.DataVolumeLabel || data.Start == 0 || data.End == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("The node's data partition GPT entry looks off.")
+	}
+	// Verify that there are no more partitions.
+	fourth := (pi[3]).(*gpt.Partition)
+	if fourth.Name != "" || fourth.Start != 0 || fourth.End != 0 {
+		t.Error("The resulting node image contains more partitions than expected.")
+	}
+	// Verify the ESP contents.
+	if err := checkEspContents(storage); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+}