diff --git a/inputs/test/test_containers.py b/inputs/test/test_containers.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import os
+import pathlib
+import random
+import socket
+import string
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+
+import pytest
+
+from osbuild.testutil import has_executable, make_container
+
+INPUTS_NAME = "org.osbuild.containers-storage"
+
+
+class FakeStoreClient:
+    def __init__(self, fake_sources_base):
+        self.fake_sources_base = fake_sources_base
+        self.fake_sources_base.mkdir()
+
+    def source(self, name: str) -> str:
+        fake_source_path = self.fake_sources_base / f"path-for-{name}"
+        fake_source_path.mkdir(parents=True)
+        return fake_source_path
+
+
+def rmdir_only(path):
+    """
+    Remove all empty directories from the given target, errors for
+    non-empty dirs
+    """
+    for root, dirs, _ in os.walk(path):
+        for d in dirs:
+            os.rmdir(pathlib.Path(root) / d)
+    os.rmdir(path)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_executable("podman"), reason="no podman executable")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.getuid() != 0, reason="root only")
+def test_containers_local_inputs_integration(tmp_path, inputs_module):
+    base_tag = "container-" + "".join(random.choices(string.digits, k=12))
+    with make_container(tmp_path, base_tag, {"file1": "file1 content"}):
+        image_id = subprocess.check_output(
+            ["podman", "inspect", "-f", "{{ .Id }}", base_tag],
+            universal_newlines=True).strip()
+        inputs = {
+            "type": INPUTS_NAME,
+            "origin": "org.osbuild.source",
+            "references": {
+                f"sha256:{image_id}": {
+                    "name": "localhost/some-name:latest",
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        cnt_inputs = inputs_module.ContainersInput.from_args(["--service-fd", str(sock.fileno())])
+        store = FakeStoreClient(tmp_path / "fake-sources")
+        # not using "tmp_path" here as it will "rm -rf" on cleanup and
+        # that is dangerous as during the tests we bind mount the
+        # system container storage read-write
+        target = pathlib.Path(tempfile.TemporaryDirectory("cnt-target").name)
+        options = None
+        try:
+            reply = cnt_inputs.map(store, inputs["origin"], inputs["references"], target, options)
+            assert reply["path"] == target
+            assert len(reply["data"]["archives"]) == 1
+            assert (target / "storage").exists()
+        finally:
+            cnt_inputs.unmap()
+            rmdir_only(target)