diff --git a/tests/sdk_tests/Dockerfile-sdk b/tests/sdk_tests/Dockerfile-sdk
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+++ b/tests/sdk_tests/Dockerfile-sdk
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+# Originally from: https://github.com/devcontainers/images/blob/main/src/javascript-node/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+# [Choice] Node.js version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 18, 16, 14, 18-bullseye, 16-bullseye, 14-bullseye, 18-buster, 16-buster, 14-buster
+ARG VARIANT=16-bullseye
+FROM node:${VARIANT}
+
+ARG USERNAME=node
+ARG NPM_GLOBAL=/usr/local/share/npm-global
+
+# Add NPM global to PATH.
+ENV PATH=${NPM_GLOBAL}/bin:${PATH}
+
+RUN \
+    # Configure global npm install location, use group to adapt to UID/GID changes
+    if ! cat /etc/group | grep -e "^npm:" > /dev/null 2>&1; then groupadd -r npm; fi \
+    && usermod -a -G npm ${USERNAME} \
+    && umask 0002 \
+    && mkdir -p ${NPM_GLOBAL} \
+    && touch /usr/local/etc/npmrc \
+    && chown ${USERNAME}:npm ${NPM_GLOBAL} /usr/local/etc/npmrc \
+    && chmod g+s ${NPM_GLOBAL} \
+    && npm config -g set prefix ${NPM_GLOBAL} \
+    && su ${USERNAME} -c "npm config -g set prefix ${NPM_GLOBAL}" \
+    # Install eslint
+    && su ${USERNAME} -c "umask 0002 && npm install -g eslint" \
+    && npm cache clean --force > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
+# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install an additional version of node using nvm
+# ARG EXTRA_NODE_VERSION=10
+# RUN su node -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install ${EXTRA_NODE_VERSION}"
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install more global node modules
+# RUN su node -c "npm install -g <your-package-list-here>"
+
+WORKDIR /
+COPY entrypoint.sh .
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
+# Placeholder CMD : generally this will be overridden at run time like :
+# docker run -it -v /home/builder/cerc/laconic-sdk:/workspace cerc/builder-js sh -c 'cd /workspace && yarn && yarn build'
+CMD node --version
+
+# Temp hack, clone the laconic-sdk repo here
+WORKDIR /app
+RUN \
+    git clone https://github.com/cerc-io/laconic-sdk.git \
+    && cd laconic-sdk \
+    && yarn install
+
+WORKDIR /app/laconic-sdk
diff --git a/tests/sdk_tests/build-laconicd-container.sh b/tests/sdk_tests/build-laconicd-container.sh
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+++ b/tests/sdk_tests/build-laconicd-container.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+docker build -t cerc-io/laconicd:local-test ../../
+
diff --git a/tests/sdk_tests/build-sdk-test-container.sh b/tests/sdk_tests/build-sdk-test-container.sh
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index 00000000..c4913889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk_tests/build-sdk-test-container.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+docker build -t cerc-io/laconic-sdk-tester:local-test -f Dockerfile-sdk .
+
diff --git a/tests/sdk_tests/docker-compose.yml b/tests/sdk_tests/docker-compose.yml
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index 00000000..f260d443
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+++ b/tests/sdk_tests/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  laconicd:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    image: cerc-io/laconicd:local-test
+    command: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh"]
+    volumes:
+            - ../../init.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "-nv", "-t1", "--spider", "http://localhost:6060"]
+      interval: 1s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 30
+    ports:
+      - "6060"
+      - "26657"
+      - "26656"
+      - "9473"
+      - "8545"
+      - "8546"
+      - "9090"
+      - "9091"
+      - "1317"
+
+  sdk-test-runner:
+    image: cerc-io/laconic-sdk-tester:local-test
+    depends_on:
+      laconicd:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    command: tail -F /dev/null
diff --git a/tests/sdk_tests/entrypoint.sh b/tests/sdk_tests/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2bdf572b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk_tests/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+exec "$@"
+
diff --git a/tests/sdk_tests/run-tests.sh b/tests/sdk_tests/run-tests.sh
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index 00000000..f2e99b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk_tests/run-tests.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+# Get the key from laconicd
+laconicd_key=$( docker compose exec laconicd echo y | laconicd keys export mykey --unarmored-hex --unsafe )
+# Set parameters for the test suite
+cosmos_chain_id=laconic_9000-1
+laconicd_rest_endpoint=http://laconicd:1317
+laconicd_gql_endpoint=http://laconicd:9473/api
+# Run tests
+docker compose exec sdk-test-runner sh -c "COSMOS_CHAIN_ID=${cosmos_chain_id} LACONICD_REST_ENDPOINT=${laconicd_rest_endpoint} LACONICD_GQL_ENDPOINT=${laconicd_gql_endpoint} PRIVATE_KEY=${laconicd_key} yarn test"