diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bdabbc69..3785f0ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ bin
 *.swp
 *.swo
 *~
+
+.envrc
+*.pem
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6db47917..5a5fcc18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -118,6 +118,29 @@ release: manifests
 	mkdir -p release
 	kustomize build config/default > release/actions-runner-controller.yaml
 
+.PHONY: acceptance
+acceptance: release
+	ACCEPTANCE_TEST_SECRET_TYPE=token make acceptance/setup acceptance/tests acceptance/teardown
+	ACCEPTANCE_TEST_SECRET_TYPE=app make acceptance/setup acceptance/tests acceptance/teardown
+
+acceptance/setup:
+	kind create cluster --name acceptance
+	kubectl cluster-info --context kind-acceptance
+	kubectl apply --validate=false -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.0.4/cert-manager.yaml	#kubectl create namespace actions-runner-system
+	kubectl -n cert-manager wait deploy/cert-manager-cainjector --for condition=available --timeout 60s
+	kubectl -n cert-manager wait deploy/cert-manager-webhook --for condition=available --timeout 60s
+	kubectl -n cert-manager wait deploy/cert-manager --for condition=available --timeout 60s
+	kubectl create namespace actions-runner-system
+	# Adhocly wait for some time until cert-manager's admission webhook gets ready
+	sleep 5
+
+acceptance/teardown:
+	kind delete cluster --name acceptance
+
+acceptance/tests:
+	acceptance/deploy.sh
+	acceptance/checks.sh
+
 # Upload release file to GitHub.
 github-release: release
 	ghr ${VERSION} release/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9c30609..d72cf702 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -446,6 +446,28 @@ Your base64'ed PAT token has a new line at the end, it needs to be created witho
 * `echo -n $TOKEN | base64`
 * Create the secret as described in the docs using the shell and documeneted flags
 
+# Developing
+
+If you'd like to modify the controller to fork or contribute, I'd suggest using the following snippet for running
+the acceptance test:
+
+```shell
+NAME=$DOCKER_USER/actions-runner-controller VERSION=dev \
+  GITHUB_TOKEN=*** \
+  APP_ID=*** \
+  PRIVATE_KEY_FILE_PATH=path/to/pem/file \
+  INSTALLATION_ID=*** \
+  make docker-build docker-push acceptance
+```
+
+Please follow the instructions explained in [Using Personal Access Token](#using-personal-access-token) to obtain
+`GITHUB_TOKEN`, and those in [Using GitHub App](#using-github-app) to obtain `APP_ID`, `INSTALLATION_ID`, and
+`PRIAVTE_KEY_FILE_PATH`.
+
+The test creates a one-off `kind` cluster, deploys `cert-manager` and `actions-runner-controller`,
+creates a `RunnerDeployment` custom resource for a public Git repository to confirm that the
+controller is able to bring up a runner pod with the actions runner registration token installed.
+
 # Alternatives
 
 The following is a list of alternative solutions that may better fit you depending on your use-case:
diff --git a/acceptance/checks.sh b/acceptance/checks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b8bc704d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/checks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+runner_name=
+
+while [ -z "${runner_name}" ]; do
+  echo Finding the runner... 1>&2
+  sleep 1
+  runner_name=$(kubectl get runner --output=jsonpath="{.items[*].metadata.name}")
+done
+
+echo Found runner ${runner_name}.
+
+pod_name=
+
+while [ -z "${pod_name}" ]; do
+  echo Finding the runner pod... 1>&2
+  sleep 1
+  pod_name=$(kubectl get pod --output=jsonpath="{.items[*].metadata.name}" | grep ${runner_name})
+done
+
+echo Found pod ${pod_name}.
+
+echo Waiting for pod ${runner_name} to become ready... 1>&2
+
+kubectl wait pod/${runner_name} --for condition=ready --timeout 120s
+
+echo All tests passed. 1>&2
diff --git a/acceptance/deploy.sh b/acceptance/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..200d656b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+tpe=${ACCEPTANCE_TEST_SECRET_TYPE}
+
+if [ "${tpe}" == "token" ]; then
+  kubectl create secret generic controller-manager \
+	  -n actions-runner-system \
+	  --from-literal=github_token=${GITHUB_TOKEN:?GITHUB_TOKEN must not be empty}
+elif [ "${tpe}" == "app" ]; then
+  kubectl create secret generic controller-manager \
+    -n actions-runner-system \
+    --from-literal=github_app_id=${APP_ID:?must not be empty} \
+    --from-literal=github_app_installation_id=${INSTALLATION_ID:?must not be empty} \
+    --from-file=github_app_private_key=${PRIVATE_KEY_FILE_PATH:?must not be empty}
+else
+  echo "ACCEPTANCE_TEST_SECRET_TYPE must be set to either \"token\" or \"app\"" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+kubectl apply \
+  -n actions-runner-system \
+  -f release/actions-runner-controller.yaml
+
+kubectl -n actions-runner-system wait deploy/controller-manager --for condition=available
+
+# Adhocly wait for some time until actions-runner-controller's admission webhook gets ready
+sleep 20
+
+kubectl apply \
+  -f acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.yaml
diff --git a/acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.yaml b/acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..684a2725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/testdata/runnerdeploy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: actions.summerwind.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: RunnerDeployment
+metadata:
+  name: example-runnerdeploy
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    spec:
+      repository: mumoshu/actions-runner-controller-ci