diff --git a/playbooks/irso-ci/post.yaml b/playbooks/irso-ci/post.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0093fe2408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/irso-ci/post.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+- name: IrSO Functional Tests - Log Collection
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: no
+  vars:
+    local_install_path: /usr/local
+    logdir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/metal3-logs"
+    junit_output: "{{ logdir }}/report.xml"
+    junit2html_venv: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/venv"
+  environment:
+    CLUSTER_TYPE: minikube
+    CONTAINER_RUNTIME: docker
+    LOGDIR: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/metal3-logs"
+    PATH: "{{ local_install_path }}/go/bin:{{ local_install_path }}/bin:{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"
+    JUNIT_OUTPUT: "{{ junit_output }}"
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Collect logs
+      command: "{{ irso_source }}/test/collect-logs.sh"
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - name: Check if JUnit report exists
+      stat:
+        path: "{{ junit_output }}"
+      register: junit_report
+
+    - name: Convert the JUnit report to HTML
+      command: "{{ junit2html_venv }}/bin/junit2html '{{ junit_output }}' '{{ logdir }}/report.html'"
+      args:
+        creates: "{{ logdir }}/report.html"
+      when: junit_report.stat.exists
+
+    - name: Copy logs to the zuul location
+      synchronize:
+        src: "{{ logdir }}/"
+        dest: "{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}/"
+        mode: pull
+      become: true
+
+    - name: Store JUnit report as a Zuul artifact
+      zuul_return:
+        data:
+          zuul:
+            artifacts:
+              - name: Test Results
+                url: 'controller/report.html'
+      when: junit_report.stat.exists
diff --git a/playbooks/irso-ci/pre.yaml b/playbooks/irso-ci/pre.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4d575b412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/irso-ci/pre.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+---
+- name: IrSO Functional Tests - Preparation
+  hosts: all
+  vars:
+    local_install_path: /usr/local
+    junit2html_venv: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/venv"
+    kubectl_version: "1.33.4"
+    logdir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/metal3-logs"
+  environment:
+    PATH: "{{ local_install_path }}/go/bin:{{ local_install_path }}/bin:{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Install packages
+      package:
+        name:
+          - docker.io
+          - python3-venv
+        state: present
+      become: yes
+
+    - name: Activate docker
+      service:
+        name: docker
+        state: started
+      become: yes
+
+    - name: Allow the current user to use docker
+      user:
+        name: "{{ ansible_user_id }}"
+        groups: docker
+        append: yes
+      become: yes
+
+    - name: Reset connection to apply group changes
+      meta: reset_connection
+
+    # NOTE(dtantsur): global pip is deliberately broken in Ubuntu, use venv
+    - name: Create a venv for junit2html
+      command: python3 -m venv "{{ junit2html_venv }}"
+      args:
+        creates: "{{ junit2html_venv }}"
+
+    - name: Install junit2html
+      pip:
+        name: junit2html
+        executable: "{{ junit2html_venv }}/bin/pip"
+
+    - name: Ensure log directory exists
+      file:
+        path: "{{ logdir }}"
+        state: directory
+
+    - name: Checkout Metal3 repositories
+      git:
+        repo: "https://github.com/metal3-io/{{ item.name }}.git"
+        dest: "{{ item.path }}"
+        force: yes
+      loop:
+        - name: ironic-image
+          path: "{{ ironic_image_source }}"
+        - name: ironic-standalone-operator
+          path: "{{ irso_source }}"
+
+    - name: Calculate go version
+      shell: make -sC "{{ irso_source }}" go-version 2> /dev/null | tail -n1
+      register: go_version
+
+    - name: Download and install Go
+      unarchive:
+        src: "https://golang.org/dl/go{{ go_version.stdout | trim }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+        dest: /usr/local
+        remote_src: yes
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: '0755'
+      become: yes
+
+    - name: Download Kubectl
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
+        url: "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v{{ kubectl_version }}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+        dest: "{{ local_install_path }}/bin/kubectl"
+        mode: '0755'
+      become: yes
+
+    - name: Download minikube
+      get_url:
+        url: https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
+        dest: "{{ local_install_path }}/bin/minikube"
+        mode: '0755'
+      become: yes
+
+    - name: Setup minikube cluster
+      # FIXME(dtantsur): we definitely need to run minikube with --ha so that
+      # HA tests actually use a multi-replica configuration. Unfortunately,
+      # I could not make HA minikube work on OpenInfra nodes.
+      command: minikube start --driver=docker
diff --git a/playbooks/irso-ci/run.yaml b/playbooks/irso-ci/run.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4335cd7e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/irso-ci/run.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+- name: IrSO Functional Tests
+  hosts: all
+  vars:
+    local_install_path: /usr/local
+    logdir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/metal3-logs"
+  environment:
+    CLUSTER_TYPE: minikube
+    CONTAINER_RUNTIME: docker
+    IRONIC_CUSTOM_IMAGE: localhost/ironic:test
+    IRONIC_CUSTOM_VERSION: latest
+    IRONIC_SOURCE: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/ironic'].src_dir }}"
+    LOGDIR: "{{ logdir }}"
+    PATH: "{{ local_install_path }}/go/bin:{{ local_install_path }}/bin:{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"
+    JUNIT_OUTPUT: "{{ logdir }}/report.xml"
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Prepare tests
+      command: "{{ irso_source }}/test/prepare.sh"
+
+    - name: Build and load the image
+      command: "{{ ironic_image_source }}/hack/prepare-irso-tests.sh"
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      command: "{{ irso_source }}/test/run.sh"
diff --git a/zuul.d/metal3-jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/metal3-jobs.yaml
index 34c0e9cc2f..ce539b23bb 100644
--- a/zuul.d/metal3-jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/metal3-jobs.yaml
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
     abstract: true
     description: Base job for metal3-dev-env based ironic jobs.
     nodeset: ironic-single-node-noble
-    run: playbooks/metal3-ci/run.yaml
-    post-run: playbooks/metal3-ci/post.yaml
     timeout: 5400
     required-projects:
       - opendev.org/openstack/ironic
-      - opendev.org/openstack/ironic-inspector
     irrelevant-files:
       - ^.*\.rst$
       - ^api-ref/.*$
@@ -18,8 +15,6 @@
       - ^install-guide/.*$
       - ^ironic/locale/.*$
       - ^ironic/tests/.*$
-      - ^ironic_inspector/locale/.*$
-      - ^ironic_inspector/test/.*$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^setup.cfg$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
@@ -29,3 +24,34 @@
     name: metal3-integration
     description: Run metal3 CI on ironic.
     parent: metal3-base
+    run: playbooks/metal3-ci/run.yaml
+    post-run: playbooks/metal3-ci/post.yaml
+
+- job:
+    name: metal3-ironic-standalone-operator-functional
+    description: |
+      Ironic Standalone Operator functional tests.
+
+      These tests set up a Minikube cluster and create Ironic installations in
+      various configurations supported by IrSO. The operator itself is only
+      installed once, its logs are saved in the "controller" directory. Each
+      test gets its own logs directory based on its name. This directory
+      contains logs from all created pods, as well as dumps of various helpful
+      Kubernetes resources.
+
+      Upgrade tests are not currently run by this job because it uses a custom
+      ironic-image container.
+    parent: metal3-base
+    pre-run: playbooks/irso-ci/pre.yaml
+    run: playbooks/irso-ci/run.yaml
+    post-run: playbooks/irso-ci/post.yaml
+    timeout: 7200
+    nodeset: ironic-single-node-noble
+    required-projects:
+      - opendev.org/openstack/ironic
+      # FIXME(dtantsur): add these to zuul config and stop cloning manually
+      # - github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image
+      # - github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator
+    vars:
+      ironic_image_source: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/ironic-image"
+      irso_source: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/ironic-standalone-operator"
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index c4786a5c36..638c28cb3d 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
         # stable branches, and as far as we are aware these jobs
         # can be removed once this branch is made stable.
         - metal3-integration
+        - metal3-ironic-standalone-operator-functional:
+            voting: false
         # Non-voting jobs
         - ironic-inspector-tempest:
             voting: false