diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60029063..77464bad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/purpleidea/mgmt.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/purpleidea/mgmt)
 [![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/docs/markdown.png)](DOCUMENTATION.md)
 [![IRC](https://img.shields.io/irc/%23mgmtconfig.png)](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#mgmtconfig)
+[![Jenkins](https://img.shields.io/jenkins/status.png)](https://ci.centos.org/job/purpleidea-mgmt/)
 
 ## Documentation:
 Please see: [DOCUMENTATION.md](DOCUMENTATION.md) or [PDF](https://pdfdoc-purpleidea.rhcloud.com/pdf/https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/blob/master/DOCUMENTATION.md).
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ Please look in the [examples/](examples/) folder!
 
 ## Bugs:
 Please set the `DEBUG` constant in [main.go](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/blob/master/main.go) to `true`, and post the logs when you report the [issue](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/issues).
+Bonus points if you provide an [OMV](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/tree/master/test/omv) reproducible test case.
 There are currently a few known bugs which I hope to squash soon.
 
 ## Notes:
diff --git a/misc/make-deps.sh b/misc/make-deps.sh
index e07716ab..15f4cabf 100755
--- a/misc/make-deps.sh
+++ b/misc/make-deps.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ if [ $travis -eq 0 ]; then
 	fi
 	sudo yum install -y golang golang-googlecode-tools-stringer
 	sudo yum install -y hg	# some go dependencies are stored in mercurial
-	sudo yum install -y etcd
 fi
 
 # build etcd
diff --git a/misc/make-gopath.sh b/misc/make-gopath.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ea6ad5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/make-gopath.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# setup a simple go environment
+
+if ! env | grep -q '^GOPATH='; then
+	export GOPATH="$HOME/gopath/"
+	mkdir "$GOPATH"
+	if ! grep -q '^export GOPATH=' ~/.bashrc; then
+	        echo "export GOPATH=~/gopath/" >> ~/.bashrc
+	fi
+	echo "setting go path to: $GOPATH"
+fi
+
+echo "gopath is: $GOPATH"
+
+# some versions of golang apparently require this to run go get :(
+if ! env | grep -q '^GOBIN='; then
+	export GOBIN="${GOPATH}bin/"
+	mkdir "$GOBIN"
+	if ! grep -q '^export GOBIN=' ~/.bashrc; then
+	        echo 'export GOBIN="${GOPATH}bin/"' >> ~/.bashrc
+	fi
+	echo "setting go bin to: $GOBIN"
+fi
+
+echo "gobin is: $GOBIN"
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 31de3633..229111d6 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@ if env | grep -q -e '^TRAVIS=true$' -e '^JENKINS_URL='; then
 	go test -race
 	./test/test-shell.sh
 fi
+
+# run omv tests on jenkins physical hosts only
+if env | grep -q -e '^JENKINS_URL='; then
+	./test/test-omv.sh
+fi
diff --git a/test/omv/helloworld.yaml b/test/omv/helloworld.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6d781a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/omv/helloworld.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+:domain: example.com
+:network: 192.168.123.0/24
+:image: fedora-23
+:cpus: ''
+:memory: ''
+:disks: 0
+:disksize: 40G
+:boxurlprefix: ''
+:sync: rsync
+:syncdir: ''
+:syncsrc: ''
+:folder: ".omv"
+:extern:
+- type: git
+  repository: https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt
+  directory: mgmt
+:cd: ''
+:puppet: false
+:classes: []
+:shell:
+- mkdir /tmp/mgmt/
+:docker: false
+:kubernetes: false
+:ansible: []
+:playbook: []
+:ansible_extras: {}
+:cachier: false
+:vms:
+- :name: etcd
+  :shell:
+  - iptables -F
+  - cd /vagrant/mgmt/ && make deps && make build && cp mgmt ~/bin/
+  - etcd -bind-addr "`hostname --ip-address`:2379" &
+  - cd && mgmt --help
+:namespace: omv
+:count: 0
+:username: ''
+:password: ''
+:poolid: true
+:repos: []
+:update: false
+:reboot: false
+:unsafe: false
+:nested: false
+:tests:
+- omv up etcd
+- vssh root@etcd -c pidof etcd
+- omv destroy
+:comment: simple hello world test case for mgmt
+:reallyrm: false
diff --git a/test/test-omv.sh b/test/test-omv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2bebf4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-omv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash -ie
+# simple test harness for testing mgmt via omv
+vtest+ omv/helloworld.yaml