diff --git a/.github/workflows/irso-functional.yml b/.github/workflows/irso-functional.yml
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+name: IrSO Functional Tests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, ready_for_review]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      LOGDIR: /tmp/logs
+    steps:
+    - name: Update repositories
+      run: sudo apt-get update
+    - name: Install podman
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y podman
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      with:
+        path: mariadb-image
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      with:
+        repository: metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator
+        path: ironic-standalone-operator
+    - name: Calculate go version
+      id: vars
+      run: echo "go_version=$(make -sC ironic-standalone-operator go-version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5.3.0
+      with:
+        go-version: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.go_version }}
+    - name: Create a Kind cluster
+      uses: helm/kind-action@a1b0e391336a6ee6713a0583f8c6240d70863de3 # v1.12.0
+      with:
+        cluster_name: kind
+        config: ironic-standalone-operator/test/kind.yaml
+    - name: Prepare tests
+      run: cd ironic-standalone-operator && ./test/prepare.sh
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: mariadb-image/hack/ci-e2e.sh
+      env:
+        IRSO_PATH: "${{ github.workspace }}/ironic-standalone-operator"
+    - name: Collect logs
+      run: ironic-standalone-operator/test/collect-logs.sh
+      if: always()
+    - name: Upload logs artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 # v4.6.0
+      with:
+        name: functional
+        path: /tmp/logs/*
+      if: always()
diff --git a/hack/ci-e2e.sh b/hack/ci-e2e.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+REPO_ROOT=$(realpath "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..")
+cd "${REPO_ROOT}" || exit 1
+
+IRSO_REPO="${IRSO_REPO:-https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator}"
+IRSO_BRANCH="${IRSO_BRANCH:-main}"
+if [[ -z "${IRSO_PATH:-}" ]]; then
+    IRSO_PATH="$(mktemp -td irso-XXXXXXXX)"
+    git clone "${IRSO_REPO}" -b "${IRSO_BRANCH}" "${IRSO_PATH}"
+fi
+export MARIADB_CUSTOM_IMAGE=localhost/mariadb:test
+
+podman build -t "${MARIADB_CUSTOM_IMAGE}" .
+
+archive="$(mktemp --suffix=.tar)"
+podman save "${MARIADB_CUSTOM_IMAGE}" > "${archive}"
+kind load image-archive -v 2 "${archive}"
+rm -f "${archive}"
+
+cd "${IRSO_PATH}/test"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+. testing.env
+
+exec go test -timeout 60m