diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/fixturenet-laconicd-test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/fixturenet-laconicd-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac397dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/fixturenet-laconicd-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: Fixturenet-Laconicd-Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: '*'
+    paths:
+      - '!**'
+      - '.gitea/workflows/triggers/fixturenet-laconicd-test'
+
+# Needed until we can incorporate docker startup into the executor container
+env:
+  DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/dind.sock
+
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: "Run an Laconicd fixturenet test"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Update'
+        run: apt-get update
+      - name: 'Setup jq'
+        run: apt-get install jq -y
+      - name: 'Check jq'
+        run: |
+          which jq
+          jq --version
+      - name: "Clone project repository"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # At present the stock setup-python action fails on Linux/aarch64
+      # Conditional steps below workaroud this by using deadsnakes for that case only
+      - name: "Install Python for ARM on Linux"
+        if: ${{ runner.arch == 'arm64' && runner.os == 'Linux' }}
+        uses: deadsnakes/action@v3.0.1
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+      - name: "Install Python cases other than ARM on Linux"
+        if: ${{ ! (runner.arch == 'arm64' && runner.os == 'Linux') }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+      - name: "Print Python version"
+        run: python3 --version
+      - name: "Install shiv"
+        run: pip install shiv
+      - name: "Generate build version file"
+        run: ./scripts/create_build_tag_file.sh
+      - name: "Build local shiv package"
+        run: ./scripts/build_shiv_package.sh
+      - name: Start dockerd # Also needed until we can incorporate into the executor
+        run: |
+          dockerd -H $DOCKER_HOST --userland-proxy=false &
+          sleep 5
+      - name: "Run fixturenet-laconicd tests"
+        run: ./tests/fixturenet-laconicd/run-test.sh
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/triggers/fixturenet-laconicd-test b/.gitea/workflows/triggers/fixturenet-laconicd-test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6b73875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/triggers/fixturenet-laconicd-test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Change this file to trigger running the fixturenet-laconicd-test CI job
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fixturenet-laconicd.yml b/.github/workflows/fixturenet-laconicd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c712e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fixturenet-laconicd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Fixturenet-Laconicd Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: '*'
+    paths:
+      - '!**'
+      - '.github/workflows/triggers/fixturenet-laconicd-test'
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: "Run fixturenet-laconicd test suite"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Setup jq'
+        run: apt-get install jq -y
+      - name: 'Check jq'
+        run: |
+          which jq
+          jq --version 
+      - name: "Clone project repository"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: "Install Python"
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+      - name: "Print Python version"
+        run: python3 --version
+      - name: "Install shiv"
+        run: pip install shiv
+      - name: "Generate build version file"
+        run: ./scripts/create_build_tag_file.sh
+      - name: "Build local shiv package"
+        run: ./scripts/build_shiv_package.sh
+      - name: "Run fixturenet-laconicd tests"
+        run: ./tests/fixturenet-laconicd/run-test.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/triggers/fixturenet-laconicd-test b/.github/workflows/triggers/fixturenet-laconicd-test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad4c76a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/triggers/fixturenet-laconicd-test
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Change this file to trigger running the fixturenet-laconicd-test CI job
+
+trigger
diff --git a/tests/fixturenet-laconicd/run-test.sh b/tests/fixturenet-laconicd/run-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8dad9917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixturenet-laconicd/run-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
+  set -x
+fi
+
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Running stack-orchestrator Laconicd fixturenet test"
+env
+cat /etc/hosts
+# Bit of a hack, test the most recent package
+TEST_TARGET_SO=$( ls -t1 ./package/laconic-so* | head -1 )
+# Set a new unique repo dir
+export CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR=$(mktemp -d $(pwd)/stack-orchestrator-fixturenet-laconicd-test.XXXXXXXXXX)
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Testing this package: $TEST_TARGET_SO"
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Test version command"
+reported_version_string=$( $TEST_TARGET_SO version )
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Version reported is: ${reported_version_string}"
+
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Cloning laconicd repositories into: $CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR"
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack fixturenet-laconicd setup-repositories
+
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Building containers"
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack fixturenet-laconicd build-containers
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Starting stack"
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack fixturenet-laconicd deploy --cluster laconicd up
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Stack started"
+# Verify that the fixturenet is up and running
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack fixturenet-laconicd deploy --cluster laconicd ps
+
+timeout=900 # 15 minutes
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Getting initial block number. Timeout set to $timeout seconds"
+start_time=$(date +%s)
+elapsed_time=0
+initial_block_number=null
+while [ "$initial_block_number" == "null" ]  && [ $elapsed_time -lt $timeout ]; do
+  sleep 10
+  echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Waiting for initial block..."
+  initial_block_number=$(docker exec laconicd-laconicd-1 /usr/bin/laconicd status | jq -r .SyncInfo.latest_block_height)
+  current_time=$(date +%s)
+  elapsed_time=$((current_time - start_time))
+done
+
+subsequent_block_number=$initial_block_number
+
+# if initial block was 0 after timeout, assume chain did not start successfully and skip finding subsequent block
+if [[ $initial_block_number != "null" ]]; then
+  timeout=300
+  echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Getting subsequent block number. Timeout set to $timeout seconds"
+  start_time=$(date +%s)
+  elapsed_time=0
+  # wait for 5 blocks or timeout
+  while [ "$subsequent_block_number" -le $((initial_block_number + 5)) ]  && [ $elapsed_time -lt $timeout ]; do
+    sleep 10
+    echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Waiting for five blocks or $timeout seconds..."
+    subsequent_block_number=$(docker exec laconicd-laconicd-1 /usr/bin/laconicd status | jq -r .SyncInfo.latest_block_height)
+    current_time=$(date +%s)
+    elapsed_time=$((current_time - start_time))
+  done
+fi
+
+# will return 0 if either of the above loops timed out
+block_number_difference=$((subsequent_block_number - initial_block_number))
+
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Results of block height queries:"
+echo "Initial block height: $initial_block_number"
+echo "Subsequent block height: $subsequent_block_number"
+
+# Block height difference should be between 1 and some small number
+if [[ $block_number_difference -gt 1 && $block_number_difference -lt 100 ]]; then
+  echo "Test passed"
+  test_result=0
+else
+  echo "Test failed: block numbers were ${initial_block_number} and ${subsequent_block_number}"
+  echo "Logs from stack:"
+  $TEST_TARGET_SO --stack fixturenet-laconicd deploy logs
+  test_result=1
+fi
+
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack fixturenet-laconicd deploy --cluster laconicd down --delete-volumes
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Removing cloned repositories"
+rm -rf $CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR
+echo "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"): Test finished"
+exit $test_result