diff --git a/test/rust-sample-package/Cargo.toml b/test/rust-sample-package/Cargo.toml
index c4d88cc..273b638 100644
--- a/test/rust-sample-package/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test/rust-sample-package/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "app"
+name = "rust-sample-package"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Nikos Koukis <nickkouk@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
diff --git a/test/spell_check.words b/test/spell_check.words
index 036bd29..fbe19ca 100644
--- a/test/spell_check.words
+++ b/test/spell_check.words
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 apache
 argcomplete
+asyncio
+autouse
 colcon
 completers
 easymov
 iterdir
 linter
 lstrip
+luca
+monkeypatch
 nargs
 noqa
 pathlib
@@ -13,10 +17,15 @@ plugin
 pydocstyle
 pytest
 returncode
+rglob
 rmtree
 rtype
 scspell
 setuptools
+skipif
 symlink
+tempfile
 thomas
+tmpdir
+todo
 toml
diff --git a/test/test_build.py b/test/test_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd67396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Copyright 2024 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+from colcon_cargo.package_identification.cargo import CargoPackageIdentification  # noqa: E501
+from colcon_cargo.task.cargo.build import CargoBuildTask
+from colcon_core.event_handler.console_direct import ConsoleDirectEventHandler
+from colcon_core.package_descriptor import PackageDescriptor
+from colcon_core.subprocess import new_event_loop
+from colcon_core.task import TaskContext
+import pytest
+
+TEST_PACKAGE_NAME = 'rust-sample-package'
+
+test_project_path = Path(__file__).parent / TEST_PACKAGE_NAME
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def monkey_patch_put_event_into_queue(monkeypatch):
+    event_handler = ConsoleDirectEventHandler()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        TaskContext,
+        'put_event_into_queue',
+        lambda self, event: event_handler((event, 'cargo')),
+    )
+
+
+def test_package_identification():
+    cpi = CargoPackageIdentification()
+    desc = PackageDescriptor(test_project_path)
+    cpi.identify(desc)
+    assert desc.type == 'cargo'
+    assert desc.name == TEST_PACKAGE_NAME
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not shutil.which('cargo'),
+    reason='Rust must be installed to run this test')
+def test_build_package():
+    event_loop = new_event_loop()
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(event_loop)
+
+    try:
+        cpi = CargoPackageIdentification()
+        package = PackageDescriptor(test_project_path)
+        cpi.identify(package)
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            tmpdir = Path(tmpdir)
+            # TODO(luca) Also test clean build and cargo args
+            context = TaskContext(pkg=package,
+                                  args=SimpleNamespace(
+                                      path=str(test_project_path),
+                                      build_base=str(tmpdir / 'build'),
+                                      install_base=str(tmpdir / 'install'),
+                                      clean_build=None,
+                                      cargo_args=None,
+                                  ),
+                                  dependencies={}
+                                  )
+
+            task = CargoBuildTask()
+            task.set_context(context=context)
+
+            src_base = test_project_path / 'src'
+
+            source_files_before = set(src_base.rglob('*'))
+            rc = event_loop.run_until_complete(task.build())
+            assert not rc
+            source_files_after = set(src_base.rglob('*'))
+            assert source_files_before == source_files_after
+
+            # Make sure the binary is compiled
+            install_base = Path(task.context.args.install_base)
+            app_name = TEST_PACKAGE_NAME
+            # Executable in windows have a .exe extension
+            if os.name == 'nt':
+                app_name += '.exe'
+            assert (install_base / 'bin' / app_name).is_file()
+    finally:
+        event_loop.close()