diff --git a/tests/basic_test.go b/tests/basic_test.go
index d3b16166..c7cceb46 100644
--- a/tests/basic_test.go
+++ b/tests/basic_test.go
@@ -518,11 +518,16 @@ func testFailureResolver(t *testing.T) {
 
 func resetTimeStamp(generatedState types.GeneratedState) types.GeneratedState {
 	generatedState.MetaInfo.TimeStamp = time.Time{}
-	for captureID, captureState := range generatedState.Cache.Capture {
+	generatedState.Cache.Capture = resetCapturedStatesTimeStamp(generatedState.Cache.Capture)
+	return generatedState
+}
+
+func resetCapturedStatesTimeStamp(capturedStates map[string]types.CaptureState) map[string]types.CaptureState {
+	for captureID, captureState := range capturedStates {
 		captureState.MetaInfo.TimeStamp = time.Time{}
-		generatedState.Cache.Capture[captureID] = captureState
+		capturedStates[captureID] = captureState
 	}
-	return generatedState
+	return capturedStates
 }
 
 func formatGenerateState(generatedState types.GeneratedState) (types.GeneratedState, error) {
diff --git a/tests/examples_test.go b/tests/examples_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69dceebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/examples_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 NMPolicy Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *	  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package tests
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	assert "github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
+	"github.com/nmstate/nmpolicy/nmpolicy"
+	"github.com/nmstate/nmpolicy/nmpolicy/types"
+)
+
+const (
+	examplesPath = "../docs/examples"
+)
+
+type example struct {
+	name           string
+	policy         types.PolicySpec
+	currentState   []byte
+	generatedState []byte
+	capturedStates map[string]types.CaptureState
+}
+
+func (e *example) readFile(fileName string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(examplesPath, e.name, fileName))
+}
+
+func (e *example) load() error {
+	policyMarshaled, err := e.readFile("policy.md")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	policyMarshaled = convertToPolicyYAML(policyMarshaled)
+	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(policyMarshaled, &e.policy); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed unmarshaling example policy: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	e.currentState, err = e.readFile("current.yaml")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	e.generatedState, err = e.readFile("generated.yaml")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	capturedStatesMarshaled, err := e.readFile("captured.yaml")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	e.capturedStates = map[string]types.CaptureState{}
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(capturedStatesMarshaled, &e.capturedStates); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed unmarshaling example captured states: %v", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e *example) run() (types.GeneratedState, error) {
+	obtained, err := nmpolicy.GenerateState(e.policy, e.currentState, types.CachedState{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return types.GeneratedState{}, err
+	}
+	return obtained, nil
+}
+
+func TestExamples(t *testing.T) {
+	examplesEntries, err := os.ReadDir(examplesPath)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	for _, examplesEntry := range examplesEntries {
+		if !examplesEntry.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		e := example{name: examplesEntry.Name()}
+		t.Run(e.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := e.load()
+			assert.NoError(t, err, "should successfully load the example")
+			obtained, err := e.run()
+			assert.NoError(t, err, "should successfully run the example")
+			assert.YAMLEq(t, string(e.generatedState), string(obtained.DesiredState))
+			expectedCapturedStates, err := formatCapturedStates(e.capturedStates)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			obtainedCaptuerdStates, err := formatCapturedStates(obtained.Cache.Capture)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, resetCapturedStatesTimeStamp(expectedCapturedStates), resetCapturedStatesTimeStamp(obtainedCaptuerdStates))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func convertToPolicyYAML(policyMD []byte) []byte {
+	replaced := strings.ReplaceAll(string(policyMD), "{% raw %}", "")
+	replaced = strings.ReplaceAll(replaced, "{% endraw %}", "")
+	return []byte(replaced)
+}