diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 2d3e67d..8e68ef4 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -113,10 +113,12 @@ install-docs :
 quickcheck : chronyd chronyc
 	$(MAKE) -C test/unit check
 	cd test/simulation && ./run
+	cd test/system && ./run
 
 check : chronyd chronyc
 	$(MAKE) -C test/unit check
 	cd test/simulation && ./run -i 20 -m 2
+	cd test/system && ./run
 
 print-chronyd-objects :
 	@echo $(OBJS) $(EXTRA_OBJS)
diff --git a/test/system/001-minimal b/test/system/001-minimal
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..daa1f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/001-minimal
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+test_start "minimal configuration"
+
+minimal_config=1
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/002-extended b/test/system/002-extended
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..03728c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/002-extended
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+test_start "extended configuration"
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+wait_for_sync || test_fail
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+check_chronyd_files || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/003-memlock b/test/system/003-memlock
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0369d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/003-memlock
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+test_start "memory locking"
+
+extra_chronyd_options="-m"
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+wait_for_sync || test_fail
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+check_chronyd_files || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/004-priority b/test/system/004-priority
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..976747b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/004-priority
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+test_start "process priority"
+
+extra_chronyd_options="-P 1"
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+wait_for_sync || test_fail
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+check_chronyd_files || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/005-scfilter b/test/system/005-scfilter
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..285d14d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/005-scfilter
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+check_chronyd_features SCFILTER || test_skip "SCFILTER support disabled"
+
+test_start "system call filter"
+
+for extra_chronyd_options in "-F -1" "-F 1"; do
+	start_chronyd || test_fail
+	wait_for_sync || test_fail
+	stop_chronyd || test_fail
+	check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+	check_chronyd_files || test_fail
+done
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/006-privdrop b/test/system/006-privdrop
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5756534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/006-privdrop
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+check_chronyd_features PRIVDROP || test_skip "PRIVDROP support disabled"
+
+user="nobody"
+
+test_start "dropping of root privileges"
+
+minimal_config=1
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/007-cmdmon b/test/system/007-cmdmon
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f97954a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/007-cmdmon
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+test_start "chronyc commands"
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+
+for command in \
+	"accheck 1.2.3.4" \
+	"delete $server" \
+	"add server $server" \
+	"deny" \
+	"allow" \
+	"burst 1/1" \
+	"clients" \
+	"cmdallow 1.2.3.4" \
+	"cmdaccheck 1.2.3.4" \
+	"cmddeny 1.2.3.4" \
+	"cyclelogs" \
+	"dfreq 1.0e-3" \
+	"doffset -0.1" \
+	"dump" \
+	"local off" \
+	"local" \
+	"manual on" \
+	"settime now" \
+	"manual delete 0" \
+	"settime now" \
+	"manual reset" \
+	"manual off" \
+	"maxdelay $server 1e-2" \
+	"maxdelaydevratio $server 5.0" \
+	"maxdelayratio $server 3.0" \
+	"maxpoll $server 5" \
+	"maxupdateskew $server 10.0" \
+	"minpoll $server 3" \
+	"minstratum $server 1" \
+	"ntpdata $server" \
+	"offline" \
+	"online" \
+	"onoffline" \
+	"polltarget $server 10" \
+	"refresh" \
+	"rekey" \
+	"reselect" \
+	"reselectdist 1e-3" \
+	"serverstats" \
+	"smoothtime reset" \
+	"smoothtime activate" \
+	"shutdown" \
+; do
+	run_chronyc "$command" || test_fail
+done
+
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+
+run_chronyc "makestep" && test_fail
+check_chronyc_output "500 Failure" || test_fail
+run_chronyc "trimrtc" && test_fail
+check_chronyc_output "513 RTC driver not running" || test_fail
+run_chronyc "writertc" && test_fail
+check_chronyc_output "513 RTC driver not running" || test_fail
+
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/100-clockupdate b/test/system/100-clockupdate
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1d698e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/100-clockupdate
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+test_start "update of system clock"
+
+clock_control=1
+minimal_config=1
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+run_chronyc "dfreq 1e-3" || test_fail
+check_chronyc_output "200 OK" || test_fail
+
+before=$(date '+%s')
+run_chronyc "doffset -1.0" || test_fail
+check_chronyc_output "200 OK" || test_fail
+run_chronyc "makestep" || test_fail
+check_chronyc_output "200 OK" || test_fail
+after=$(date '+%s')
+
+test_message 1 0 "checking system clock"
+[ "$before" -lt "$after" ] && test_ok || test_bad || test_fail
+
+run_chronyc "doffset 1.0" || test_fail
+run_chronyc "makestep" || test_fail
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+check_chronyd_message_count "System clock was stepped by" 2 2 || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/101-rtc b/test/system/101-rtc
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..82c8d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/101-rtc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+check_chronyd_features RTC || test_skip "RTC support disabled"
+[ -c "/dev/rtc" ] || test_skip "missing /dev/rtc"
+
+test_start "real-time clock"
+
+minimal_config=1
+extra_chronyd_options="-s"
+extra_chronyd_directives="rtcfile $TEST_DIR/rtcfile"
+echo "1 $(date +%s) 0.0 0.0" > "$TEST_DIR/rtcfile"
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_message_count "\(clock off from RTC\|RTC time before last\)" 1 1 || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/102-hwtimestamp b/test/system/102-hwtimestamp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a09b1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/102-hwtimestamp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+[ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ] || test_skip "non-Linux system"
+
+hwts_iface=""
+for iface_path in /sys/class/net/*; do
+	iface=$(basename "$iface_path")
+	if ethtool -T "$iface" 2> /dev/null | grep -q HWTSTAMP_FILTER_ALL; then
+		hwts_iface="$iface"
+		break
+	fi
+done
+
+[ -n "$hwts_iface" ] || test_skip "no HW timestamping interface found"
+
+test_start "hardware timestamping"
+
+minimal_config=1
+extra_chronyd_directives="hwtimestamp $hwts_iface"
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+check_chronyd_message_count "Enabled HW timestamping on $hwts_iface" 1 1 || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/103-refclock b/test/system/103-refclock
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..623b9de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/103-refclock
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./test.common
+
+check_chronyd_features REFCLOCK || test_skip "refclock support disabled"
+
+test_start "reference clocks"
+
+extra_chronyd_directives="
+refclock SOCK $TEST_DIR/refclock.sock
+refclock SHM 100"
+
+start_chronyd || test_fail
+wait_for_sync || test_fail
+stop_chronyd || test_fail
+check_chronyd_messages || test_fail
+check_chronyd_files || test_fail
+
+test_pass
diff --git a/test/system/run b/test/system/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b31a36c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/run
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+print_help() {
+	echo "$1 [-a] [-d] [TEST]..."
+}
+
+run_test() {
+	local result name=$1
+
+	if [ $destructive -ne 1 ] && [[ "$name" == 1[0-9][0-9]-* ]]; then
+		echo "SKIP (destructive test)"
+		return 9
+	fi
+
+	./$name
+	result=$?
+
+	if [ $result -ne 0 -a $result -ne 9 ]; then
+		if [ $abort_on_fail -ne 0 ]; then
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	return $result
+}
+
+passed=() failed=() skipped=()
+
+abort_on_fail=0
+destructive=0
+
+while getopts ":ad" opt; do
+	case $opt in
+		a) abort_on_fail=1;;
+		d) destructive=1;;
+		*) print_help "$0"; exit 3;;
+	esac
+done
+
+shift $[$OPTIND - 1]
+
+[ $# -gt 0 ] && tests=($@) || tests=([0-9]*-*[^_])
+
+for test in "${tests[@]}"; do
+	printf "%s   " "$test"
+	run_test $test
+	result=$?
+	echo
+
+	case $result in
+		0) passed=(${passed[@]} $test);;
+		9) skipped=(${skipped[@]} $test);;
+		*) failed=(${failed[@]} $test);;
+	esac
+done
+
+echo
+echo "SUMMARY:"
+echo "  TOTAL  $[${#passed[@]} + ${#failed[@]} + ${#skipped[@]}]"
+echo "  PASSED ${#passed[@]}"
+echo "  FAILED ${#failed[@]}    (${failed[@]})"
+echo "  SKIPPED ${#skipped[@]}   (${skipped[@]})"
+
+[ ${#failed[@]} -eq 0 ]
diff --git a/test/system/test.common b/test/system/test.common
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a2f697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system/test.common
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+# Copyright (C) Miroslav Lichvar  2009
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+export PATH=${CHRONY_PATH:-../..}:$PATH
+export TEST_DIR=$(pwd)/tmp
+
+test_start() {
+	check_chronyd_features NTP CMDMON || test_skip "NTP/CMDMON support disabled"
+	id -u "$user" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null || test_skip "missing user $user"
+	mkdir -p "$TEST_DIR" && chmod 700 "$TEST_DIR" && chown "$user:$(id -g "$user")" "$TEST_DIR" || \
+		test_skip "could not create $TEST_DIR"
+	rm -f "$TEST_DIR"/*
+	echo "Testing $*:"
+}
+
+test_pass() {
+	echo "PASS"
+	exit 0
+}
+
+test_fail() {
+	echo "FAIL"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+test_skip() {
+	local msg=$1
+
+	[ -n "$msg" ] && echo "SKIP ($msg)" || echo "SKIP"
+	exit 9
+}
+
+test_ok() {
+	pad_line
+	echo -e "\tOK"
+	return 0
+}
+
+test_bad() {
+	pad_line
+	echo -e "\tBAD"
+	return 1
+}
+
+test_error() {
+	pad_line
+	echo -e "\tERROR"
+	return 1
+}
+
+chronyd=$(command -v chronyd)
+chronyc=$(command -v chronyc)
+
+[ $EUID -eq 0 ] || test_skip "not root"
+
+[ -x "$chronyd" ] || test_skip "chronyd not found"
+[ -x "$chronyc" ] || test_skip "chronyc not found"
+
+netstat -aln > /dev/null 2> /dev/null || test_skip "missing netstat"
+
+# Default test testings
+default_minimal_config=0
+default_extra_chronyd_directives=""
+default_extra_chronyd_options=""
+default_clock_control=0
+default_server=127.0.0.1
+default_user=root
+
+# Initialize test settings from their defaults
+for defoptname in ${!default_*}; do
+	optname=${defoptname#default_}
+	[ -z "${!optname}" ] && declare "$optname"="${!defoptname}"
+done
+
+msg_length=0
+pad_line() {
+	local line_length=56
+	[ $msg_length -lt $line_length ] && \
+		printf "%$((line_length - msg_length))s" ""
+	msg_length=0
+}
+
+# Print aligned message
+test_message() {
+	local level=$1 eol=$2
+	shift 2
+	local msg="$*"
+
+	while [ "$level" -gt 0 ]; do
+		echo -n "  "
+		level=$((level - 1))
+		msg_length=$((msg_length + 2))
+	done
+	echo -n "$msg"
+
+	msg_length=$((msg_length + ${#msg}))
+	if [ "$eol" -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo
+		msg_length=0
+	fi
+}
+
+# Check if chronyd has specified features
+check_chronyd_features() {
+	local feature features
+
+	features=$($chronyd -v | sed 's/.*(\(.*\)).*/\1/')
+
+	for feature; do
+		echo "$features" | grep -q "+$feature" || return 1
+	done
+}
+
+# Print test settings which differ from default value
+print_nondefaults() {
+	local defoptname optname
+
+	test_message 1 1 "non-default settings:"
+	for defoptname in ${!default_*}; do
+		optname=${defoptname#default_}
+		[ "${!defoptname}" = "${!optname}" ] || \
+			test_message 2 1 "$optname"=${!optname}
+	done
+}
+
+get_conffile() {
+	echo "$TEST_DIR/chronyd.conf"
+}
+
+get_pidfile() {
+	echo "$TEST_DIR/chronyd.pid"
+}
+
+get_logfile() {
+	echo "$TEST_DIR/chronyd.log"
+}
+
+get_cmdsocket() {
+	echo "$TEST_DIR/chronyd.sock"
+}
+
+# Find a free port in the 10000-20000 range (their use is racy)
+get_free_port() {
+	local port
+
+	while true; do
+		port=$((RANDOM % 10000 + 10000))
+		netstat -aln | grep '^udp.*:'$port && continue
+		break
+	done
+
+	echo $port
+}
+
+generate_chrony_conf() {
+	local ntpport cmdport
+
+	ntpport=$(get_free_port)
+	cmdport=$(get_free_port)
+
+	echo "0.0 10000" > "$TEST_DIR/driftfile"
+	echo "1 MD5 abcdefghijklmnopq" > "$TEST_DIR/keys"
+	echo "0.0" > "$TEST_DIR/tempcomp"
+
+	(
+		echo "pidfile $(get_pidfile)"
+		echo "bindcmdaddress $(get_cmdsocket)"
+		echo "port $ntpport"
+		echo "cmdport $cmdport"
+
+		echo "$extra_chronyd_directives"
+
+		[ "$minimal_config" -ne 0 ] && exit 0
+
+		echo "allow"
+		echo "cmdallow"
+		echo "local"
+
+		echo "server $server port $ntpport minpoll -6 maxpoll -6"
+
+		[ "$server" = "127.0.0.1" ] && echo "bindacqaddress $server"
+		echo "bindaddress 127.0.0.1"
+		echo "bindcmdaddress 127.0.0.1"
+		echo "dumpdir $TEST_DIR"
+		echo "logdir $TEST_DIR"
+		echo "log tempcomp rawmeasurements refclocks statistics tracking rtc"
+		echo "logbanner 0"
+		echo "smoothtime 100.0 0.001"
+
+		echo "include /dev/null"
+		echo "keyfile $TEST_DIR/keys"
+		echo "driftfile $TEST_DIR/driftfile"
+		echo "tempcomp $TEST_DIR/tempcomp 0.1 0 0 0 0"
+
+	) > "$(get_conffile)"
+}
+
+get_chronyd_options() {
+	[ "$clock_control" -eq 0 ] && echo "-x"
+	echo "-l $(get_logfile)"
+	echo "-f $(get_conffile)"
+	echo "-u $user"
+	echo "$extra_chronyd_options"
+}
+
+# Start a chronyd instance
+start_chronyd() {
+	local pid pidfile=$(get_pidfile)
+
+	print_nondefaults
+	test_message 1 0 "starting chronyd"
+
+	generate_chrony_conf
+
+	trap stop_chronyd EXIT
+
+	$CHRONYD_WRAPPER "$chronyd" $(get_chronyd_options)
+
+	[ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -f "$pidfile" ] && ps -p "$(cat "$pidfile")" > /dev/null && test_ok || test_error
+}
+
+wait_for_sync() {
+	test_message 1 0 "waiting for synchronization"
+	sleep 1 && test_ok || test_error
+}
+
+# Stop the chronyd instance
+stop_chronyd() {
+	local pid pidfile
+
+	pidfile=$(get_pidfile)
+	[ -f "$pidfile" ] || return 0
+
+	pid=$(cat "$pidfile")
+
+	test_message 1 0 "stopping chronyd"
+
+	if ! kill "$pid"; then
+		test_error
+		return
+	fi
+
+	# Wait for the process to terminate (we cannot use "wait")
+	while ps -p "$pid" > /dev/null; do
+		sleep 0.1
+	done
+
+	test_ok
+}
+
+# Check chronyd log for expected and unexpected messages
+check_chronyd_messages() {
+	local logfile=$(get_logfile)
+
+	test_message 1 0 "checking chronyd messages"
+
+	grep -q 'chronyd exiting' "$logfile" && \
+		([ "$clock_control" -eq 0 ] || ! grep -q 'Disabled control of system clock' "$logfile") && \
+		([ "$clock_control" -ne 0 ] || grep -q 'Disabled control of system clock' "$logfile") && \
+		([ "$minimal_config" -ne 0 ] || grep -q 'Frequency .* read from' "$logfile") && \
+		grep -q 'chronyd exiting' "$logfile" && \
+		! grep -q 'Could not' "$logfile" && \
+		! grep -q 'Disabled command socket' "$logfile" && \
+		test_ok || test_bad
+}
+
+# Check the number of messages matching a pattern in a specified file
+check_chronyd_message_count() {
+	local count pattern=$1 min=$2 max=$3 logfile=$(get_logfile)
+
+	test_message 1 0 "checking message \"$pattern\""
+
+	count=$(grep "$pattern" "$(get_logfile)" | wc -l)
+
+	[ "$min" -le "$count" ] && [ "$count" -le "$max" ] && test_ok || test_bad
+}
+
+# Check the logs and dump file for measurements and a clock update
+check_chronyd_files() {
+	test_message 1 0 "checking chronyd files"
+
+	grep -q " $server .* 111 111 1111 " "$TEST_DIR/measurements.log" && \
+		grep -q " $server " "$TEST_DIR/statistics.log" && \
+		grep -q " $server " "$TEST_DIR/tracking.log" && \
+		[ -f "$TEST_DIR/tempcomp.log" ] && [ "$(wc -l < "$TEST_DIR/tempcomp.log")" -ge 2 ] && \
+		[ -f "$TEST_DIR/$server.dat" ] && [ "$(wc -l < "$TEST_DIR/$server.dat")" -ge 5 ] && \
+		test_ok || test_bad
+}
+
+# Run a chronyc command
+run_chronyc() {
+	test_message 1 0 "running chronyc $*"
+
+	"$chronyc" -h "$(get_cmdsocket)" -n -m "$@" > "$TEST_DIR/chronyc.out" && test_ok || test_error
+}
+
+# Compare chronyc output with specified pattern
+check_chronyc_output() {
+	local pattern=$1
+
+	test_message 1 0 "checking chronyc output"
+
+	[[ "$(cat "$TEST_DIR/chronyc.out")" =~ $pattern ]] && test_ok || test_bad
+}