diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/kernelmodule.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/kernelmodule.py
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+import unittest
+import os
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not oeRuntimeTest.hasFeature("tools-sdk"):
+        skipModule("Image doesn't have tools-sdk in IMAGE_FEATURES")
+
+
+class KernelModuleTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.filesdir, "hellomod.c"), "/tmp/hellomod.c")
+        self.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.filesdir, "hellomod_makefile"), "/tmp/Makefile")
+
+    @testcase('316')
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_gcc_compile')
+    def test_kernel_module(self):
+        cmds = [
+            'cd /usr/src/kernel && make scripts',
+            'cd /tmp && make',
+            'cd /tmp && insmod hellomod.ko',
+            'lsmod | grep hellomod',
+            'dmesg | grep Hello',
+            'rmmod hellomod', 'dmesg | grep "Cleaning up hellomod"'
+            ]
+        for cmd in cmds:
+            (status, output) = self.target.run(cmd, 900)
+            self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="\n".join([cmd, output]))
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.target.run('rm -f /tmp/Makefile /tmp/hellomod.c')