diff --git a/test/ctr.bats b/test/ctr.bats
index 4b435934..4ace03f3 100644
--- a/test/ctr.bats
+++ b/test/ctr.bats
@@ -327,3 +327,36 @@ function teardown() {
 	cleanup_pods
 	stop_ocid
 }
+
+@test "ctr execsync" {
+	# this test requires docker, thus it can't yet be run in a container
+	if [ "$TRAVIS" = "true" ]; then # instead of $TRAVIS, add a function is_containerized to skip here
+		skip "cannot yet run this test in a container, use sudo make localintegration"
+	fi
+
+	start_ocid
+	run ocic pod create --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod_id="$output"
+	run ocic ctr create --config "$TESTDATA"/container_redis.json --pod "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	ctr_id="$output"
+	run ocic ctr start --id "$ctr_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic ctr execsync --id "$ctr_id" echo HELLO
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "HELLO" ]]
+	run ocic ctr execsync --id "$ctr_id" --timeout 1 sleep 10
+	echo "$output"
+	[[ "$output" =~ "command timed out" ]]
+	run ocic pod remove --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	cleanup_ctrs
+	cleanup_pods
+	stop_ocid
+}