diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dade81e..ea90996 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 Gemfile.lock
 .bundled_gems/
+log/
+junit/
+.vagrant/
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 96912da..1d021a1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@ group :development, :test do
 
 end
 
+group :system_tests do
+  gem 'beaker-rspec', :require => false
+end
+
 # vim:ft=ruby
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a10d461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/basic_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
+
+describe 'puppet-lodgeit module', :if => ['debian', 'ubuntu'].include?(os[:family]) do
+  def pp_path
+    base_path = File.dirname(__FILE__)
+    File.join(base_path, 'fixtures')
+  end
+
+  def preconditions_puppet_module
+    module_path = File.join(pp_path, 'preconditions.pp')
+    File.read(module_path)
+  end
+
+  def default_puppet_module
+    module_path = File.join(pp_path, 'default.pp')
+    File.read(module_path)
+  end
+
+  before(:all) do
+    apply_manifest(preconditions_puppet_module, catch_failures: true)
+  end
+
+  it 'should work with no errors' do
+    apply_manifest(default_puppet_module, catch_failures: true)
+  end
+
+  it 'should be idempotent' do
+    pending('this module is not idempotent yet')
+    apply_manifest(default_puppet_module, catch_changes: true)
+  end
+
+  describe 'required files' do
+    describe file('/srv/lodgeit') do
+      it { should be_directory }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/tmp/lodgeit-main/.git') do
+      it { should be_directory }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/srv/lodgeit/acceptance/.git') do
+      it { should be_directory }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/etc/init/acceptance-paste.conf') do
+      it { should be_file }
+      its(:content) { should include 'exec python /srv/lodgeit/acceptance/manage.py runserver -h 127.0.0.1 -p 80' }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/srv/lodgeit/acceptance/lodgeit/static/header-bg2.png') do
+      it { should be_file }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/srv/lodgeit/acceptance/manage.py') do
+      it { should be_file }
+      its(:content) { should include "dburi = 'mysql://acceptance:123456@localhost:3306/acceptance'" }
+    end
+
+    describe file('/srv/lodgeit/acceptance/lodgeit/views/layout.html') do
+      it { should be_file }
+      its(:content) { should include 'Acceptance Pastebin' }
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'required packages' do
+    required_packages = [
+      package('python-imaging'),
+      package('python-jinja2'),
+      package('python-pybabel'),
+      package('python-werkzeug'),
+      package('python-simplejson'),
+      package('python-pygments'),
+      package('python-mysqldb'),
+    ]
+
+    required_packages.each do |package|
+      describe package do
+        it { should be_installed }
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe package('SQLAlchemy') do
+      it { should be_installed.by('pip') }
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'required services' do
+    describe service('acceptance-paste') do
+      it { should be_running }
+      it { should be_enabled }
+    end
+
+    describe command('curl --verbose http://localhost:8080') do
+      its(:stdout) { should include 'Acceptance Pastebin' }
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe cron do
+    it { should have_entry('0 0 * * * /usr/bin/mysqldump --defaults-file=/root/.acceptance_db.cnf --opt --ignore-table mysql.event --all-databases | gzip -9 > /var/backups/mysql_backups/acceptance.sql.gz').with_user('root') }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/fixtures/default.pp b/spec/acceptance/fixtures/default.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3ab513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/fixtures/default.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class { '::lodgeit': }
+
+lodgeit::site { 'acceptance':
+  db_password => '123456',
+  port        => 8080,
+  image       => 'header-bg2.png',
+}
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/fixtures/preconditions.pp b/spec/acceptance/fixtures/preconditions.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b0bda2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/fixtures/preconditions.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class { '::mysql::server':
+  config_hash => { 'root_password' => '123456' },
+}
+
+mysql::db { 'acceptance':
+  user     => 'acceptance',
+  password => '123456',
+  host     => 'localhost',
+  grant    => ['all'],
+  require  => Class['mysql::server'],
+}