diff --git a/vuinputd-tests/Cargo.toml b/vuinputd-tests/Cargo.toml
index 70ae4bc..0bdd7b3 100644
--- a/vuinputd-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vuinputd-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ name = "bwrap-ipc"
 
 [dependencies]
 uinput-ioctls = { path = "../uinput-ioctls" }
-nix = { version = "0.30", features = ["ioctl","socket"] } # ioctl & libc bindings
+nix = { version = "0.30", features = ["ioctl","socket","signal"] } # ioctl & libc bindings
 libc = "0.2"        # raw system calls
 libudev = "0.3" # enumerate-udev
+vuinputd = { path = "../vuinputd" }
 
 [features]
 requires-root = []
diff --git a/vuinputd-tests/src/lib.rs b/vuinputd-tests/src/lib.rs
index 238911a..5ca94c5 100644
--- a/vuinputd-tests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vuinputd-tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+// Author: Johannes Leupolz <dev@leupolz.eu>
+
 pub mod bwrap;
+pub mod run_vuinputd;
diff --git a/vuinputd-tests/src/run_vuinputd.rs b/vuinputd-tests/src/run_vuinputd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be2ea99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vuinputd-tests/src/run_vuinputd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+// Author: Johannes Leupolz <dev@leupolz.eu>
+
+use std::{
+    process::{Child, Command},
+    sync::OnceLock,
+    time::Duration,
+    thread,
+};
+
+use nix::sys::signal::{self,Signal};
+use nix::unistd::Pid;
+
+/// Global singleton
+static VUINPUTD: OnceLock<VuinputdGuard> = OnceLock::new();
+
+pub fn ensure_vuinputd_running() {
+    VUINPUTD.get_or_init(|| {
+        VuinputdGuard::start()
+    });
+}
+
+struct VuinputdGuard {
+    child: Child,
+}
+
+impl VuinputdGuard {
+    fn start() -> Self {
+        println!("Executing vuinputd located via cargo run");
+        let child = Command::new("cargo")
+            .args(["run", "-p", "vuinputd", "--","--major","120","--minor","414796","--devname","vuinputd-test"])
+            // adjust args/env if needed
+            .spawn()
+            .expect("failed to start vuinputd");
+
+        // Optional: give it time to create /dev/vuinput
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(300));
+
+        Self { child }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for VuinputdGuard {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let pid = Pid::from_raw(self.child.id() as i32);
+
+        // First: SIGTERM
+        let _ = signal::kill(pid, Signal::SIGTERM);
+
+        // Wait a bit
+        for _ in 0..10 {
+            if let Ok(Some(_)) = self.child.try_wait() {
+                return;
+            }
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+        }
+
+        // Still alive → SIGKILL
+        let _ = signal::kill(pid, Signal::SIGKILL);
+        let _ = self.child.wait();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vuinputd-tests/tests/integration_tests.rs b/vuinputd-tests/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 915136d..0c95947 100644
--- a/vuinputd-tests/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/vuinputd-tests/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use std::{process::Command, time::Duration};
 use vuinputd_tests::bwrap;
+use vuinputd_tests::run_vuinputd;
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "requires-root", feature = "requires-bwrap"))]
 #[test]
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ fn test_keyboard_in_container_with_uinput() {
 #[cfg(all(feature = "requires-root", feature = "requires-uinput", feature = "requires-bwrap"))]
 #[test]
 fn test_keyboard_in_container_with_vuinput() {
-    println!("Note that vuinputd needs to run for this test");
+    run_vuinputd::ensure_vuinputd_running();
+    
     let keyboard_in_container = env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_keyboard-in-container");
     
     let out = bwrap::BwrapBuilder::new()
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ fn test_keyboard_in_container_with_vuinput() {
         .tmpfs("/dev")
         // run needs to be writable for the udev devices
         .tmpfs("/run")
-        .dev_bind("/dev/vuinput", "/dev/uinput")
+        .dev_bind("/dev/vuinput-test", "/dev/uinput")
         .die_with_parent()
         .command(keyboard_in_container,&[])
         .run()