diff --git a/cli/app/check_test.go b/cli/app/check_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfa0e102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/app/check_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package app
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	// copy testrecipe into ~/.abra/apps/...
+	// copy testapp into ~/.abra/servers/testserver
+	// run app check test recipe and it should pass
+}
+
+func TestCheckBadEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	// copy testrecipe, testrecipe2 into ~/.abra/apps/...
+	// copy testapp, test2 into ~/.abra/servers/testserver
+	// run app check test recipe and it should fail
+}
diff --git a/pkg/integration/integration.go b/pkg/integration/integration.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdb0a531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/integration.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func skipIfNotIntegration(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("ABRA_INTEGRATION") == "" {
+		t.Skip("missing 'ABRA_INTEGRATION', not running integration tests")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/app-check/testapp/testapp.env b/tests/integration/app-check/testapp/testapp.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ec5393c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/app-check/testapp/testapp.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TYPE=testrecipe
+DOMAIN=foo.com
+MANDATORY_ENV_VAR=bar
diff --git a/tests/integration/app-check/testapp2/testapp2.env b/tests/integration/app-check/testapp2/testapp2.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..446690dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/app-check/testapp2/testapp2.env
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+TYPE=testrecipe2
+DOMAIN=foo.com
+MANDATORY_ENV_VAR=bar
+# missing MANDATORY_ENV_VAR2
diff --git a/tests/integration/app-check/testrecipe/.env.sample b/tests/integration/app-check/testrecipe/.env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1acb87eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/app-check/testrecipe/.env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+TYPE=testrecipe
+MANDATORY_ENV_VAR=bar
diff --git a/tests/integration/app-check/testrecipe2/.env.sample b/tests/integration/app-check/testrecipe2/.env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09179f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/app-check/testrecipe2/.env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TYPE=testrecipe2
+MANDATORY_ENV_VAR1=bar
+MANDATORY_ENV_VAR2=bar