diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/kata-deploy-ensure-runtimec-classes-created.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/kata-deploy-ensure-runtimec-classes-created.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd1d5a151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/kata-deploy-ensure-runtimec-classes-created.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
+
+setup() {
+	# We expect 2 runtime classes because:
+	# * `kata` is the default runtimeclass created, basically an alias for `kata-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}`.
+	# * `kata-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}` is the other one
+	#    * As part of the tests we're only deploying the specific runtimeclass that will be used, instead of all of them.
+	expected_runtime_classes=2
+}
+
+@test "Test runtimeclasses are being properly created" {
+	# We filter `kata-mshv-vm-isolation` out as that's present on AKS clusters, but that's not coming from kata-deploy
+	current_runtime_classes=$(kubectl get runtimeclasses | grep -v "kata-mshv-vm-isolation" | grep "kata" | wc -l)
+	[[ ${current_runtime_classes} -eq ${expected_runtime_classes} ]]
+	[[ $(kubectl get runtimeclasses | grep -q "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}") -eq 0 ]]
+}
+
+teardown() {
+	kubectl get runtimeclasses
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index f8b635d22..e46cbc9fe 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ if [ -n "${K8S_TEST_UNION:-}" ]; then
 	K8S_TEST_UNION=($K8S_TEST_UNION)
 else
 	K8S_TEST_UNION=( \
+		"kata-deploy-ensure-runtimec-classes-created.bats" \
 		"k8s-attach-handlers.bats" \
 		"k8s-caps.bats" \
 		"k8s-configmap.bats" \