diff --git a/tests/integration/deps/README.md b/tests/integration/deps/README.md
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-
-```
-podman-compose run --rm sleep /bin/sh -c 'wget -O - http://web:8000/hosts'
-```
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_podman_compose_deps.py b/tests/integration/test_podman_compose_deps.py
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+import os
+import unittest
+
+from tests.integration.test_podman_compose import podman_compose_path
+from tests.integration.test_podman_compose import test_path
+from tests.integration.test_utils import RunSubprocessMixin
+
+
+def compose_yaml_path():
+    return os.path.join(os.path.join(test_path(), "deps"), "docker-compose.yaml")
+
+
+class TestComposeDeps(unittest.TestCase, RunSubprocessMixin):
+    def test_deps(self):
+        try:
+            output, error = self.run_subprocess_assert_returncode([
+                podman_compose_path(),
+                "-f",
+                compose_yaml_path(),
+                "run",
+                "--rm",
+                "sleep",
+                "/bin/sh",
+                "-c",
+                "wget -O - http://web:8000/hosts",
+            ])
+            self.assertIn(b"HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK", output)
+            self.assertIn(b"deps_web_1", output)
+        finally:
+            self.run_subprocess_assert_returncode([
+                podman_compose_path(),
+                "-f",
+                compose_yaml_path(),
+                "down",
+            ])