diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c7deb8..b80d7e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 *.swp
 *.pyc
 .ropeproject
-
+tests/lua/mocks/inspect.lua
+tests/lua/mocks/anomaly.lua
+tests/lua/mocks/annotation.lua
+tests/lua/mocks/date_time.lua
+tests/circular_buffer.so
diff --git a/tests/run_lua_tests.sh b/tests/run_lua_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7a6b472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_lua_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+## Functions
+
+log_info() {
+    echo "[INFO] $*"
+}
+
+log_err() {
+    echo "[ERROR] $*" >&2
+}
+
+_atexit() {
+    RETVAL=$?
+    trap true INT TERM EXIT
+
+    if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
+        log_err "Execution failed"
+    else
+        log_info "Execution successful"
+    fi
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+## Main
+
+[ -n "$DEBUG" ] && set -x
+
+LUA_VERSION=$(lua -v 2>&1)
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    log_err "No lua interpreter present"
+    exit $?
+fi
+if [[ ! $LUA_VERSION =~ [Lua\ 5\.1] ]]; then
+    log_err "Lua version 5.1 is required"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+lua5.1 -e "require('lpeg')" > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    log_err "lua-lpeg is required (run apt-get install lua-lpeg)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+lua5.1 -e "require('cjson')" > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    log_err "lua-cjson is required (run apt-get install lua-cjson)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+for pgm in "cmake wget curl"; do
+    which $pgm > /dev/null 2>&1
+    if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+        log_err "$pgm is required (run apt-get install $pgm)"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+if [[ ! -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.1.so ]]; then
+    log_err "package liblua5.1-0-dev is not installed (run apt-get install liblua5.1-0-dev)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+curl -s -o lua/mocks/annotation.lua "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla-services/heka/versions/0.10/sandbox/lua/modules/annotation.lua"
+curl -s -o lua/mocks/anomaly.lua "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla-services/heka/versions/0.10/sandbox/lua/modules/anomaly.lua"
+curl -s -o lua/mocks/date_time.lua "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla-services/lua_sandbox/97331863d3e05d25131b786e3e9199e805b9b4ba/modules/date_time.lua"
+curl -s -o lua/mocks/inspect.lua "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kikito/inspect.lua/master/inspect.lua"
+
+CBUF_COMMIT="bb6dd9f88f148813315b5a660b7e2ba47f958b31"
+CBUF_TARBALL_URL="https://github.com/mozilla-services/lua_circular_buffer/archive/${CBUF_COMMIT}.tar.gz"
+CBUF_DIR="/tmp/lua_circular_buffer-${CBUF_COMMIT}"
+CBUF_SO="${CBUF_DIR}/release/circular_buffer.so"
+if [[ ! -f "${CBUF_SO}" ]]; then
+    rm -rf ${CBUF_DIR}
+    wget -qO - ${CBUF_TARBALL_URL} | tar -zxvf - -C /tmp
+    (cd ${CBUF_DIR} && mkdir release && cd release && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release .. && make)
+    cp ${CBUF_SO} ./
+fi
+
+for t in $(ls lua/test_*.lua); do
+    lua5.1 $t
+done
+
+trap _atexit INT TERM EXIT