diff --git a/lib/main_common.pm b/lib/main_common.pm
index 851af01feaa2..afd30afd4fed 100644
--- a/lib/main_common.pm
+++ b/lib/main_common.pm
@@ -1711,6 +1711,7 @@ sub load_extra_tests_docker {
 
     loadtest "console/docker";
     loadtest "console/docker_runc";
+    loadtest "console/docker_base_images";
     if (is_sle(">=12-sp3")) {
         loadtest "console/docker_image";
         loadtest "console/docker_compose" if is_sle('15+');
diff --git a/tests/console/docker_base_images.pm b/tests/console/docker_base_images.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cbd466c4542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/console/docker_base_images.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# SUSE's openQA tests
+#
+# Copyright © 2020 SUSE LLC
+#
+# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+# are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+# notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
+# without any warranty.
+
+# Summary: Pull and test several base images for their functionality
+# Maintainer: Felix Niederwanger <felix.niederwanger@suse.de>
+
+use base 'consoletest';
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use testapi;
+use utils;
+use version_utils;
+use containers::common;
+
+# Test a given image. Takes the docker image name and version as argument
+sub test_image {
+    my $name    = $_[0];
+    my $version = $_[1] //= "latest";
+    # Pull the image
+    my $image = "$name:$version";
+    assert_script_run("docker image pull $image", timeout => 300);
+    assert_script_run("docker image ls | grep '$name' | grep '$version'");
+
+    my $container = "${name}_${version}_smoketest";
+    $container =~ s!/!.!g;    # Slashes are not allowed as container names, but used for fetching images. Replace them with a dot
+    my $smoketest = "/bin/uname -r; /bin/echo \"Heartbeat from $image\"";
+    assert_script_run("docker container create --name '$container' '$image' /bin/sh -c '$smoketest'");
+    assert_script_run("docker container start '$container'");
+    assert_script_run("docker container logs '$container' > '/var/tmp/container_$container'");
+    assert_script_run("docker container rm '$container'");
+    assert_script_run("grep \"`uname -r`\" '/var/tmp/container_$container'");
+    assert_script_run("grep \"Heartbeat from $image\" '/var/tmp/container_$container'");
+}
+
+sub run {
+    select_console("root-console");
+    install_docker_when_needed();
+    # Test base images
+    test_image('alpine',              'latest');
+    test_image('opensuse/leap',       'latest');
+    test_image('opensuse/tumbleweed', 'latest');
+    test_image('debian',              'latest');
+    test_image('ubuntu',              'latest');
+    test_image('centos',              'latest');
+    test_image('fedora',              'latest');
+    clean_docker_host();
+}
+
+1;