diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8914d18..52d8b50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jest --runInBand --verbose",
+    "test:auctions": "AUCTIONS_ENABLED=1 jest --runInBand --verbose",
     "build": "tsc"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/auction.test.ts b/src/auction.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..999a911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/auction.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import assert from 'assert';
+
+import { Registry, Account } from './index';
+import { getConfig } from './testing/helper';
+
+jest.setTimeout(30 * 60 * 1000);
+
+const { chainId, restEndpoint, gqlEndpoint, privateKey, accountAddress, fee } = getConfig();
+
+const auctionTests = (numBidders = 3) => {
+  let registry: Registry;
+
+  const accounts: { address: string, privateKey: string }[] = [];
+
+  let auctionId: string;
+  let authorityName: string;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    console.log('Running auction tests with num bidders', numBidders);
+
+    registry = new Registry(restEndpoint, gqlEndpoint, chainId);
+  });
+
+  test('Setup bidder accounts', async () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < numBidders; i++) {
+      const mnenonic = Account.generateMnemonic();
+      const account = await Account.generateFromMnemonic(mnenonic);
+      await account.init();
+      const bidderAddress = account.formattedCosmosAddress;
+      assert(bidderAddress)
+      await registry.sendCoins({ denom: 'uwire', amount: '1000000000', destinationAddress: bidderAddress }, accountAddress, privateKey, fee);
+      accounts.push({ address: bidderAddress, privateKey: account.privateKey.toString('hex') });
+    }
+
+    accounts.unshift({ address: accountAddress, privateKey });
+  });
+
+  test('Reserve authority.', async () => {
+    authorityName = `dxos-${Date.now()}`;
+    await registry.reserveAuthority({ name: authorityName, owner: accounts[0].address }, accounts[0].address, accounts[0].privateKey, fee);
+  });
+
+  test('Authority should be under auction.', async () => {
+    const [record] = await registry.lookupAuthorities([authorityName], true);
+    expect(record.ownerAddress).toEqual('');
+    expect(record.height).toBeDefined();
+    expect(record.status).toEqual('auction');
+
+    expect(record.auction.id).toBeDefined();
+    expect(record.auction.status).toEqual('commit');
+
+    auctionId = record.auction.id;
+  });
+};
+
+const withNumBidders = (numBidders: number) => () => auctionTests(numBidders);
+
+if (!process.env.AUCTIONS_ENABLED) {
+  // Required as jest complains if file has no tests.
+  test('skipping auction tests', () => {});
+} else {
+  /**
+    Running these tests requires name auctions enabled. In chiba-clonk repo run:
+
+    AUCTION_ENABLED=true ./init.sh
+
+
+    Run tests:
+
+    yarn test:auctions
+  */
+  describe('Auction (1 bidder)', withNumBidders(1));
+  describe('Auction (2 bidders)', withNumBidders(2));
+  describe('Auction (4 bidders)', withNumBidders(4));
+}