diff --git a/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/demo.rs b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/demo.rs
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+++ b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/demo.rs
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+// Example taken from WASI documentation:
+// https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/blob/main/docs/WASI-tutorial.md#from-rust
+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+
+fn process(input_fname: &str, output_fname: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let mut input_file =
+        fs::File::open(input_fname).map_err(|err| format!("error opening input {}: {}", input_fname, err))?;
+    let mut contents = Vec::new();
+    input_file
+        .read_to_end(&mut contents)
+        .map_err(|err| format!("read error: {}", err))?;
+
+    let mut output_file = fs::File::create(output_fname)
+        .map_err(|err| format!("error opening output {}: {}", output_fname, err))?;
+    output_file
+        .write_all(&contents)
+        .map_err(|err| format!("write error: {}", err))
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    let program = args[0].clone();
+
+    if args.len() < 3 {
+        eprintln!("usage: {} <from> <to>", program);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if let Err(err) = process(&args[1], &args[2]) {
+        eprintln!("{}", err)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/main.fmf b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/main.fmf
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+++ b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/main.fmf
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+summary: Compile and run a wasi app from rust
+require+:
+  - rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi
+duration: 5m
+tier: 1
+tag:
+  - CI-Tier-1
+link:
+  - relates: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1980080
+  - relates: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1980082
+adjust+:
+  - because: "WASI target not supported in s390x"
+    enabled: false
+    when: arch == s390x
+    continue: false
+  - because: "WASI target not shipped in RHEL older than 8"
+    enabled: false
+    when: distro < rhel-8
+    continue: false
+extra-nitrate: TC#0612641
+extra-summary: /tools/rust/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test
+extra-task: /tools/rust/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test
+id: 4b9bcfab-0527-4c68-8f8a-7d025f40c06e
diff --git a/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/runtest.sh b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/runtest.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/runtest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# vim: dict+=/usr/share/beakerlib/dictionary.vim cpt=.,w,b,u,t,i,k
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+#
+#   runtest.sh of /tools/rust/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test
+#   Description: Compile and run a wasi app from rust
+#   Author: Jesus Checa <jcheca@redhat.com>
+#
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+#   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+#   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of
+#   the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   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, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+#
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+# Include Beaker environment
+. /usr/share/beakerlib/beakerlib.sh || exit 1
+
+PACKAGES="$(rpm -qf $(which rustc)) rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi"
+
+rlJournalStart
+    rlPhaseStartSetup
+        rlAssertRpm --all
+        rlRun "TmpDir=\$(mktemp -d)" 0 "Creating tmp directory"
+        # Because we need a specific nodejs version that supports WASI, we need
+        # to install it explicitly here.
+        if rlIsRHEL 8; then
+            # nodejs-16 has support for wasi.
+            rlRun "yum -y module switch-to nodejs:16"
+            rlRun "yum -y module install nodejs"
+        else # RHEL > 8
+            # We ship nodejs-16 in rhel-9.
+            rlRun "yum -y install nodejs"
+        fi
+        # Example taken from WASI documentation:
+        # https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/blob/main/docs/WASI-tutorial.md#from-rust
+        rlRun "cp demo.rs $TmpDir"
+        rlRun "cp wasi_test*.js $TmpDir"
+        rlRun "pushd $TmpDir"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest
+        rlRun "rustc --target wasm32-wasi demo.rs -o demo.wasm" 0 "Building WASI binary"
+        rlAssertExists "demo.wasm"
+
+        ### Test sandboxing
+
+        TESTSTR="This is a test string"
+        rlRun "echo \"$TESTSTR\" > input.txt"
+
+        # Test without preopening
+        rlRun "node --experimental-wasi-unstable-preview1 wasi_test_no_preopen.js 2> node.out"
+        rlAssertGrep "error opening" node.out
+        rlAssertGrep "failed to find a pre-opened file descriptor" node.out
+        rlAssertNotExists "output.txt"
+
+        # Test with pre-opened directory
+        rlRun "node --experimental-wasi-unstable-preview1 wasi_test_preopen.js 2> node.out"
+        rlAssertNotGrep "error opening" node.out
+        rlAssertExists "output.txt"
+        rlAssertGrep "$TESTSTR" output.txt
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartCleanup
+        rlRun "popd"
+        rlRun "rm -r $TmpDir" 0 "Removing tmp directory"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+rlJournalEnd
diff --git a/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/wasi_test_no_preopen.js b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/wasi_test_no_preopen.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9c188a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/wasi_test_no_preopen.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// From nodejs doc https://nodejs.org/api/wasi.html
+
+'use strict';
+const { readFile } = require('fs/promises');
+const { WASI } = require('wasi');
+const { argv, env } = require('process');
+const { join } = require('path');
+
+const wasi = new WASI({
+  args: ["demo.wasm", "/sandbox/input.txt", "/sandbox/output.txt"],
+  env,
+  version: 'preview1',
+});
+
+const importObject = { wasi_snapshot_preview1: wasi.wasiImport };
+(async () => {
+    const wasm = await WebAssembly.compile(
+        await readFile(join(__dirname, 'demo.wasm'))
+    );
+    const instance = await WebAssembly.instantiate(wasm, importObject);
+
+    wasi.start(instance);
+})();
diff --git a/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/wasi_test_preopen.js b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/wasi_test_preopen.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a8181f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Sanity/rust-wasi-smoke-test/wasi_test_preopen.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// From nodejs doc https://nodejs.org/api/wasi.html
+
+'use strict';
+const { readFile } = require('fs/promises');
+const { WASI } = require('wasi');
+const { argv, env } = require('process');
+const { join } = require('path');
+
+const wasi = new WASI({
+  args: ["demo.wasm", "/sandbox/input.txt", "/sandbox/output.txt"],
+  env,
+  version: 'preview1',
+  preopens: {
+    '/sandbox': process.cwd(),
+  }
+});
+
+const importObject = { wasi_snapshot_preview1: wasi.wasiImport };
+(async () => {
+    const wasm = await WebAssembly.compile(
+        await readFile(join(__dirname, 'demo.wasm'))
+    );
+    const instance = await WebAssembly.instantiate(wasm, importObject);
+
+    wasi.start(instance);
+})();