diff --git a/.cci.jenkinsfile b/.cci.jenkinsfile
index 3336f8effd..b9a06c0eb1 100644
--- a/.cci.jenkinsfile
+++ b/.cci.jenkinsfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def cpuCount_s = cpuCount.toString()
 def imageName = buildImage(env: [ENABLE_GO_RACE_DETECTOR: "1", GOMAXPROCS: cpuCount_s], cpu: cpuCount_s)
 
 def memory = (cpuCount * 1536) as Integer
+parallel build: {
 pod(image: imageName + ":latest", kvm: true, cpu: "${cpuCount}", memory: "${memory}Mi") {
     checkout scm
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ pod(image: imageName + ":latest", kvm: true, cpu: "${cpuCount}", memory: "${memo
         utils.cosaCmd(cosaDir: "/srv", args: "buildupload --dry-run s3 --acl=public-read my-nonexistent-bucket/my/prefix")
     }
 
+
     // Random other tests that aren't about building. XXX: These should be part of `make
     // check` or something and use dummy cosa builds.
     stage("CLI Tests") {
@@ -61,3 +63,12 @@ pod(image: imageName + ":latest", kvm: true, cpu: "${cpuCount}", memory: "${memo
         """)
     }
 }
+}, selftests: {
+pod(image: imageName + ":latest", kvm: true, cpu: "${cpuCount}", memory: "4096Mi") {
+    checkout scm
+
+    stage("cosa run tests") {
+        shwrap("./tests/test-cosa-run.sh")
+    }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-cosa-run.sh b/tests/test-cosa-run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fef5a94c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-cosa-run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This verifies e.g. `cosa run`.
+set -xeuo pipefail
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d -p /var/tmp)
+cd ${tmpdir}
+coreos-installer download -a s390x -p qemu -f qcow2.xz --decompress
+cosa run --arch s390x *.qcow2 -x "cat /proc/cpuinfo" > cpuinfo.txt
+grep -F 'IBM/S390' cpuinfo.txt
+cd -
+rm "${tmpdir}" -rf
+echo "ok cosa run full emulation"