diff --git a/microdroid/Android.bp b/microdroid/Android.bp
index 488765f..945a27a 100644
--- a/microdroid/Android.bp
+++ b/microdroid/Android.bp
@@ -141,15 +141,15 @@
 bootimg {
     name: "microdroid_boot-5.10",
     ramdisk_module: "microdroid_ramdisk-5.10",
-    enabled: false,
+    // We don't have kernel for arm and x86. But Soong demands one when it builds for
+    // arm or x86 target. Satisfy that by providing an empty file as the kernel.
+    kernel_prebuilt: "empty_kernel",
     arch: {
         arm64: {
             kernel_prebuilt: ":kernel_prebuilts-5.10-arm64",
-            enabled: true,
         },
         x86_64: {
             kernel_prebuilt: ":kernel_prebuilts-5.10-x86_64",
-            enabled: true,
         },
     },
     // TODO(jiyong): change the name to init, cause it's confusing
@@ -192,15 +192,6 @@
     header_version: "4",
     vendor_boot: true,
     partition_name: "vendor_boot",
-    enabled: false,
-    arch: {
-        arm64: {
-            enabled: true,
-        },
-        x86_64: {
-            enabled: true,
-        },
-    },
 }
 
 android_filesystem {
diff --git a/microdroid/empty_kernel b/microdroid/empty_kernel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/microdroid/empty_kernel
diff --git a/tests/hostside/Android.bp b/tests/hostside/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e07459a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hostside/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package {
+    default_applicable_licenses: ["Android-Apache-2.0"],
+}
+
+java_test_host {
+    name: "MicrodroidHostTestCases",
+    srcs: ["java/**/*.java"],
+    test_suites: ["device-tests"],
+    libs: ["tradefed"],
+    data: [
+        ":microdroid_super",
+        ":microdroid_boot-5.10",
+        ":microdroid_vendor_boot-5.10",
+        ":microdroid_uboot_env",
+        ":cuttlefish_crosvm_bootloader",
+        ":MicrodroidHostTestCase_EmptyImage",
+    ],
+}
+
+genrule {
+    name: "MicrodroidHostTestCase_EmptyImage",
+    tools: ["mke2fs"],
+    out: ["empty.img"],
+    cmd: "dd if=/dev/zero of=$(out) bs=4k count=600 &&" +
+        "$(location mke2fs) -t ext4 $(out)",
+    visibility: ["//visibility:private"],
+}
diff --git a/tests/hostside/AndroidTest.xml b/tests/hostside/AndroidTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da24b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hostside/AndroidTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+
+     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     limitations under the License.
+-->
+<configuration description="Tests for microdroid">
+    <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RootTargetPreparer">
+        <option name="force-root" value="true" />
+    </target_preparer>
+
+    <test class="com.android.compatibility.common.tradefed.testtype.JarHostTest" >
+        <option name="jar" value="MicrodroidHostTestCases.jar" />
+    </test>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/tests/hostside/java/android/virt/test/MicrodroidTestCase.java b/tests/hostside/java/android/virt/test/MicrodroidTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a45a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hostside/java/android/virt/test/MicrodroidTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.virt.test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import com.android.tradefed.testtype.DeviceJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import com.android.tradefed.testtype.junit4.BaseHostJUnit4Test;
+import com.android.tradefed.util.CommandResult;
+import com.android.tradefed.util.RunUtil;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+@RunWith(DeviceJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class MicrodroidTestCase extends BaseHostJUnit4Test {
+    private static final String TEST_ROOT = "/data/local/tmp/virt/";
+    private static final String VIRT_APEX = "/apex/com.android.virt/";
+    private static final int TEST_VM_CID = 5;
+    private static final int TEST_VM_ADB_PORT = 8000;
+    private static final String MICRODROID_SERIAL = "localhost:" + TEST_VM_ADB_PORT;
+    private static final long MICRODROID_BOOT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 15000;
+
+    private void pushFile(String localName, String remoteName) {
+        try {
+            File localFile = getTestInformation().getDependencyFile(localName, false);
+            Path remotePath = Paths.get(TEST_ROOT, remoteName);
+            getDevice().executeShellCommand("mkdir -p " + remotePath.getParent());
+            getDevice().pushFile(localFile, remotePath.toString());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String executeCommand(String cmd) {
+        final long defaultCommandTimeoutMillis = 1000; // 1 sec
+        return executeCommand(defaultCommandTimeoutMillis, cmd);
+    }
+
+    private String executeCommand(long timeout, String cmd) {
+        CommandResult result = RunUtil.getDefault().runTimedCmd(timeout, cmd.split(" "));
+        return result.getStdout().trim(); // remove the trailing whitespace including newline
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMicrodroidBoots() throws Exception {
+        // Prepare input files
+        pushFile("u-boot.bin", "bootloader");
+        pushFile("microdroid_super.img", "super.img");
+        pushFile("microdroid_boot-5.10.img", "boot.img");
+        pushFile("microdroid_vendor_boot-5.10.img", "vendor_boot.img");
+        pushFile("uboot_env.img", "cuttlefish_runtime.1/uboot_env.img");
+        pushFile("empty.img", "userdata.img");
+        pushFile("empty.img", "vbmeta.img");
+        pushFile("empty.img", "vbmeta_system.img");
+        pushFile("empty.img", "cache.img");
+        getDevice().executeShellCommand("mkdir -p " + TEST_ROOT + "etc/cvd_config");
+        getDevice().pushString("{}", TEST_ROOT + "etc/cvd_config/cvd_config_phone.json");
+
+        // Run assemble_cvd to create composite.img
+        getDevice().executeShellCommand("HOME=" + TEST_ROOT + "; "
+                + "PATH=$PATH:" + VIRT_APEX + "bin; "
+                + VIRT_APEX + "bin/assemble_cvd < /dev/null");
+
+        // Make sure that composite.img is created
+        final String compositeImg = TEST_ROOT + "cuttlefish_runtime/composite.img";
+        CommandResult result = getDevice().executeShellV2Command("du -b " + compositeImg);
+        assertThat(result.getExitCode(), is(0));
+        assertThat(result.getStdout(), is(not("")));
+
+        // Start microdroid using crosvm
+        ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
+        executor.execute(() -> {
+            try {
+                getDevice().executeShellV2Command("cd " + TEST_ROOT + "; "
+                        + VIRT_APEX + "bin/crosvm run "
+                        + "--cid=" + TEST_VM_CID + " "
+                        + "--disable-sandbox "
+                        + "--bios=bootloader "
+                        + "--serial=type=syslog "
+                        + "--disk=cuttlefish_runtime/composite.img");
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        });
+        // .. and wait for microdroid to boot
+        // TODO(jiyong): don't wait too long. We can wait less by monitoring log from microdroid
+        Thread.sleep(MICRODROID_BOOT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
+
+        // Connect to microdroid and read a system property from there
+        executeCommand("adb forward tcp:" + TEST_VM_ADB_PORT + " vsock:" + TEST_VM_CID + ":5555");
+        executeCommand("adb connect " + MICRODROID_SERIAL);
+        String prop = executeCommand("adb -s " + MICRODROID_SERIAL + " shell getprop ro.hardware");
+        assertThat(prop, is("microdroid"));
+
+        // Shutdown microdroid
+        executeCommand("adb -s localhost:" + TEST_VM_ADB_PORT + " shell reboot");
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        // delete the test root
+        getDevice().executeShellCommand("rm -rf " + TEST_ROOT);
+
+        // disconnect from microdroid
+        executeCommand("adb disconnect " + MICRODROID_SERIAL);
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void shutdown() throws Exception {
+        // disconnect from microdroid
+        executeCommand("adb disconnect " + MICRODROID_SERIAL);
+
+        // kill stale crosvm processes
+        getDevice().executeShellV2Command("killall crosvm");
+    }
+}