diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index cc11e954..ff20fb5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -101,3 +101,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test Max Checkpoint Size
         run: sudo -E bats -f "test_max_checkpoint_size" ./test/run_tests.bats
+
+      - name: Test orphan retention
+        run: sudo -E bats -f "test_orphan_retention_policy" ./test/run_tests.bats
diff --git a/test/run_tests.bats b/test/run_tests.bats
index 0720e488..389f0ae2 100755
--- a/test/run_tests.bats
+++ b/test/run_tests.bats
@@ -82,3 +82,14 @@ function teardown() {
   log_and_run ls -la "$CHECKPOINT_DIR"
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
+
+@test "test_orphan_retention_policy" {
+  log_and_run kubectl apply -f ./test/test_orphan_checkpointrestoreoperator.yaml
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  log_and_run ./test/generate_checkpoint_tar.sh
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  log_and_run ./test/wait_for_checkpoint_reduction.sh 0
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  log_and_run ls -la "$CHECKPOINT_DIR"
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
diff --git a/test/test_orphan_checkpointrestoreoperator.yaml b/test/test_orphan_checkpointrestoreoperator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac868389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_orphan_checkpointrestoreoperator.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: criu.org/v1
+kind: CheckpointRestoreOperator
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: checkpointrestoreoperator
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: checkpointrestoreoperator-sample
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: checkpoint-restore-operator
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
+    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: checkpoint-restore-operator
+  name: checkpointrestoreoperator-sample
+spec:
+  checkpointDirectory: /var/lib/kubelet/checkpoints
+  applyPoliciesImmediately: true
+  globalPolicy:
+    retainOrphan: true
+  containerPolicies:
+    - namespace: namespace
+      pod: podname
+      container: containername
+      retainOrphan: false