diff --git a/functionaltests/run_tests.sh b/functionaltests/run_tests.sh
index ed826a45..e77db2f1 100755
--- a/functionaltests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/functionaltests/run_tests.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ TEMPEST_DIR=${TEMPEST_DIR:-/opt/stack/new/tempest}
 # Add tempest source tree to PYTHONPATH
 export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$TEMPEST_DIR
 
-nosetests -sv ../murano/tests/functional/api/v1
+nosetests -sv ../murano/tests/functional/api/v1 ../murano/tests/functional/cli/simple_read_only
+
diff --git a/murano/tests/functional/cli/__init__.py b/murano/tests/functional/cli/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/murano/tests/functional/cli/muranoclient.py b/murano/tests/functional/cli/muranoclient.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85a49e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/murano/tests/functional/cli/muranoclient.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Mirantis, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from tempest import cli
+
+
+class ClientTestBase(cli.ClientTestBase):
+
+    def murano(self, action, flags='', params='', admin=True, fail_ok=False):
+        """Executes murano command for the given action."""
+        return self.cmd_with_auth(
+            'murano', action, flags, params, admin, fail_ok)
diff --git a/murano/tests/functional/cli/simple_read_only/__init__.py b/murano/tests/functional/cli/simple_read_only/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/murano/tests/functional/cli/simple_read_only/test_murano.py b/murano/tests/functional/cli/simple_read_only/test_murano.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61f8dd08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/murano/tests/functional/cli/simple_read_only/test_murano.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Mirantis, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from murano.tests.functional.cli import muranoclient
+
+
+class SimpleReadOnlyMuranoClientTest(muranoclient.ClientTestBase):
+    """Basic, read-only tests for Murano CLI client.
+
+    Basic smoke test for the Murano CLI commands which do not require
+    creating or modifying murano objects.
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super(SimpleReadOnlyMuranoClientTest, cls).setUpClass()
+
+    def test_environment_list(self):
+        environments = self.parser.listing(self.murano('environment-list'))
+
+        self.assertTableStruct(environments,
+                               ['ID', 'Name', 'Created', 'Updated'])
+
+    def test_package_list(self):
+        packages = self.parser.listing(self.murano('package-list'))
+
+        self.assertTableStruct(packages,
+                               ['ID', 'Name', 'FQN', 'Author', 'Is Public'])
+
+    def test_category_list(self):
+        self.murano('category-list')