diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b73a47c31..2a7912967 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ test:
     - export PROXY=./local_prefix/opt/hermit/bin/proxy
     - for f in $FILES; do echo "check $f..."; HERMIT_ISLE=qemu HERMIT_CPUS=1 HERMIT_KVM=0 HERMIT_VERBOSE=1 timeout --kill-after=5m 5m $PROXY $f || exit 1; done
     - for f in $FILES; do echo "check $f..."; HERMIT_ISLE=qemu HERMIT_CPUS=2 HERMIT_KVM=0 HERMIT_VERBOSE=1 timeout --kill-after=5m 5m $PROXY $f || exit 1; done
+    - HERMIT_ISLE=qemu HERMIT_CPUS=1 HERMIT_KVM=0 HERMIT_VERBOSE=1 HERMIT_APP_PORT=8000 $PROXY $TDIR/tests/server &
+    - sleep 10
+    - curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/help
+    - sleep 1
+    - curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/hello
+    - sleep 1
+    - kill $!
   image: ${IMAGE}
   tags:
     - docker