diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 312211a1..fa3e3ff0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -51,3 +51,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export PATH=/tmp/bin:$PATH
           ./test/apply_fixes/execute_tests.py
+
+  integration-tests-examples:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: [ pre-commit, fast-tests ]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Integration tests - Examples
+        run: |
+          cd examples
+          ./test.py
diff --git a/examples/test.py b/examples/test.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d43941c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import logging
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+logging.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=logging.INFO)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Example:
+    cmd: str
+    expected_success: bool
+
+
+EXAMPLES = [
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu --output_groups=dwyu //basic_usage:correct_dependencies",
+        expected_success=True,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu --output_groups=dwyu //basic_usage:false_dependencies",
+        expected_success=False,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu --output_groups=dwyu //basic_usage:not_using_lib",
+        expected_success=False,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu_ignoring_includes --output_groups=dwyu //ignoring_includes:use_unavailable_headers",
+        expected_success=True,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu --output_groups=dwyu //recursion:use_lib",
+        expected_success=True,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu_recursive --output_groups=dwyu //recursion:use_lib",
+        expected_success=False,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build //rule_using_dwyu/...",
+        expected_success=False,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu --output_groups=dwyu //skipping_targets:bad_target",
+        expected_success=False,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu --output_groups=dwyu //skipping_targets:bad_target_skipped",
+        expected_success=True,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu_custom_skipping --output_groups=dwyu //skipping_targets:bad_target_custom_skip",
+        expected_success=True,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu_map_specific_deps --output_groups=dwyu //target_mapping:use_lib_b",
+        expected_success=True,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu_map_direct_deps --output_groups=dwyu //target_mapping:use_lib_b",
+        expected_success=True,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu_map_direct_deps --output_groups=dwyu //target_mapping:use_lib_c",
+        expected_success=False,
+    ),
+    Example(
+        cmd="bazel build --aspects=//:aspect.bzl%dwyu_map_transitive_deps --output_groups=dwyu //target_mapping:use_lib_c",
+        expected_success=True,
+    ),
+]
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Result:
+    example: str
+    success: bool
+
+
+def execute_example(example: Example) -> Result:
+    logging.info(f"\n##\n## Executing: {example.cmd}\n##\n")
+
+    process = subprocess.run(shlex.split(example.cmd), check=False)
+    if (process.returncode == 0 and example.expected_success) or (
+        process.returncode != 0 and not example.expected_success
+    ):
+        return Result(example=example.cmd, success=True)
+    return Result(example=example.cmd, success=False)
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    """
+    Basic testing if the examples behave as desired.
+
+    We ony look for the return code of a command. If a command fails as expected we do not analyze if it fails for the
+    correct reason. These kind of detailed testing is done in the integration tests.
+    """
+    results = [execute_example(ex) for ex in EXAMPLES]
+    failed_examples = [res.example for res in results if not res.success]
+
+    if failed_examples:
+        logging.info("\nFAILURE: The following examples did not behave as expected:")
+        logging.info("\n".join(f"- {failed}" for failed in failed_examples))
+        return 1
+
+    logging.info("\nSUCCESS: All examples behaved as expected")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())