diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Arch.cmake b/arch/x86_64/Arch.cmake
index abdd782..774c7a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Arch.cmake
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Arch.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include(System-Disk)
 include(QEMU)
 include(Bochs)
+include(Test)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Test.cmake b/arch/x86_64/Test.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dbd352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Test.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+if (NOT Python_EXECUTABLE)
+	message(STATUS "QEMU: Cannot find python. Direct-kernel boot testing unavailable")
+	return()
+endif ()
+
+find_program(QEMU qemu-system-${TARGET_ARCH} REQUIRED)
+if (NOT QEMU)
+	message(STATUS "QEMU: Cannot find qemu-system-${TARGET_ARCH}. Direct-kernel boot testing unavailable")
+	return()
+endif ()
+
+set(patched_kernel ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kernel/${kernel_name}.elf32)
+set(generic_flags -m 1G -cpu qemu64,+rdrand)
+set(this_dir ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/arch/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR})
+set(no_debug_flags)
+
+if (${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+	message(STATUS "QEMU: Enabling KVM acceleration")
+	set(no_debug_flags ${no_debug_flags} -enable-kvm)
+else ()
+	message(STATUS "QEMU: Host system is not Linux. KVM acceleration unavailable")
+endif ()
+
+message(STATUS "Test: Enable direct-kernel boot testing with QEMU")
+add_custom_target(test-successful-boot
+	COMMAND
+		${this_dir}/test/successful-boot
+		${Python_EXECUTABLE}
+		${this_dir}/test/check-results
+		${QEMU}
+		${patched_kernel}
+		${sys_dir}/${bsp_name}
+	USES_TERMINAL
+	DEPENDS ${patched_kernel} bsp)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/test/check-results b/arch/x86_64/test/check-results
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83381f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/test/check-results
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# vim: ft=python
+import sys
+
+def log(f, msg):
+    print(msg)
+    f.write(msg)
+    f.write('\n')
+
+def successful_boot(boot_log, out):
+    nr_panic = boot_log.count("---[ kernel panic")
+    if nr_panic == 1:
+        log(out, "Kernel panic!")
+        return 1
+    if nr_panic > 1:
+        log(out, "Multiple kernel panics!")
+        return 1
+
+    nr_boots = boot_log.count('Mango kernel version')
+    if nr_boots == 0:
+        log(out, "Kernel didn't start!")
+        return 1
+    if nr_boots > 1:
+        log(out, "Kernel rebooted during test!")
+        return 1
+
+    nr_finish = boot_log.count("ld finished")
+    if nr_finish == 0:
+        log(out, "Didn't reach end of boot sequence!")
+        return 1
+    if nr_finish > 1:
+        log(out, "Boot sequence performed multiple times!")
+        return 1
+
+    return 0
+
+
+tests = {
+        'successful-boot': successful_boot,
+}
+
+test_name = sys.argv[1]
+boot_log_path = sys.argv[2]
+out_path = sys.argv[3]
+
+boot_log_file = open(boot_log_path, 'r')
+boot_log = boot_log_file.read()
+boot_log_file.close()
+
+out_file = open(out_path, 'a')
+
+exit(tests[test_name](boot_log, out_file))
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/test/successful-boot b/arch/x86_64/test/successful-boot
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4b1008f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86_64/test/successful-boot
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# vim: ft=bash
+
+
+log_dir="test-results/successful-boot"
+rm -rf $log_dir
+mkdir -p $log_dir
+
+logfile="$log_dir/main.log"
+
+log() {
+	if [ -n "$logfile" ]; then
+		printf '%s\n' "$@" >> "$logfile"
+	fi
+
+	printf '%s\n' "$@"
+}
+
+log "Running boot test. Press Ctrl+\\ to stop."
+
+declare -i result
+declare -i count
+declare -i pass
+declare -i fail
+count=0
+pass=0
+fail=0
+python=$1
+validation_script=$2
+qemu=$3
+kernel=$4
+initrd=$5
+
+while true; do
+	log "Test $count"
+	result_file="$log_dir/$count.log"
+	$qemu \
+		-kernel $kernel \
+		-initrd $initrd \
+		-serial file:$result_file \
+		-cpu qemu64,+rdrand \
+		--append kernel.early-console=ttyS0 -s > /dev/null &
+	qemu_id=$!
+
+	sleep 1.2
+
+	$python $validation_script successful-boot $result_file $logfile
+	result=$?
+
+	count=$count+1
+
+	if [ $result -eq 0 ]; then
+		pass=$pass+1
+	else
+		mv $result_file "$result_file.FAIL"
+		fail=$fail+1
+		lldb \
+			-o "file kernel/mango_kernel.debug" \
+			-o "gdb-remote localhost:1234"
+	fi
+
+	kill -INT $qemu_id
+
+	log "---------------"
+	log "Total tests: $count"
+	log "Pass: $pass"
+	log "Fail: $fail"
+	log "---------------"
+done