diff --git a/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/container_lifecycle.rs b/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/container_lifecycle.rs
index 94cd94fce..022c4523d 100644
--- a/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/container_lifecycle.rs
+++ b/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/container_lifecycle.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::thread::sleep;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use test_framework::{TestResult, TestableGroup};
 
-use super::{create, delete, kill, start, state};
+use super::{create, delete, exec, kill, start, state};
 
 // By experimenting, somewhere around 50 is enough for youki process
 // to get the kill signal and shut down
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ impl ContainerLifecycle {
         create::create(&self.project_path, &self.container_id)
     }
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn exec(&self, cmd: Vec<&str>, expected_output: Option<&str>) -> TestResult {
+        exec::exec(&self.project_path, &self.container_id, cmd, expected_output)
+    }
+
     pub fn start(&self) -> TestResult {
         start::start(&self.project_path, &self.container_id)
     }
@@ -60,15 +65,18 @@ impl<'a> TestableGroup<'a> for ContainerLifecycle {
     fn get_name(&self) -> &'a str {
         "lifecycle"
     }
+
     fn run_all(&self) -> Vec<(&'a str, TestResult)> {
         vec![
             ("create", self.create()),
             ("start", self.start()),
+            // ("exec", self.exec(vec!["echo", "Hello"], Some("Hello\n"))),
             ("kill", self.kill()),
             ("state", self.state()),
             ("delete", self.delete()),
         ]
     }
+
     fn run_selected(&self, selected: &[&str]) -> Vec<(&'a str, TestResult)> {
         let mut ret = Vec::new();
         for name in selected {
diff --git a/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/exec.rs b/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/exec.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d604c5a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/exec.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use super::get_result_from_output;
+use crate::utils::get_runtime_path;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use test_framework::{assert_result_eq, TestResult};
+
+pub fn exec(
+    project_path: &Path,
+    id: &str,
+    exec_cmd: Vec<&str>,
+    expected_output: Option<&str>,
+) -> TestResult {
+    let res = Command::new(get_runtime_path())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .arg("--root")
+        .arg(project_path.join("runtime"))
+        .arg("exec")
+        .arg(id)
+        .args(exec_cmd)
+        .spawn()
+        .expect("failed to execute exec command")
+        .wait_with_output();
+    if let Some(expect) = expected_output {
+        let act = String::from_utf8(res.as_ref().unwrap().stdout.clone()).unwrap();
+        assert_result_eq!(expect, act.as_str(), "unexpected stdout.").unwrap();
+    }
+    get_result_from_output(res)
+}
diff --git a/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/mod.rs b/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/mod.rs
index def9ce296..88eb75602 100644
--- a/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/integration_test/src/tests/lifecycle/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mod container_create;
 mod container_lifecycle;
 mod create;
 mod delete;
+mod exec;
 mod kill;
 mod start;
 mod state;