diff --git a/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py b/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
index ed6c2ce0d4..e6a6fe229e 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
@@ -223,23 +223,6 @@ class TuxRunBaselineTest(QemuSystemTest):
                  "e6ffd8813c8a335bc15728f2835f90539c84be7f8f5f691a8b01451b47fb4bd7"}
         self.common_tuxrun(csums=sums)
 
-    def test_mips32el(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:mipsel
-        :avocado: tags=machine:malta
-        :avocado: tags=cpu:mips32r6-generic
-        :avocado: tags=tuxboot:mips32el
-        :avocado: tags=image:vmlinux
-        :avocado: tags=root:sda
-        :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
-        """
-        sums = { "rootfs.ext4.zst" :
-                 "e799768e289fd69209c21f4dacffa11baea7543d5db101e8ce27e3bc2c41d90e",
-                 "vmlinux" :
-                 "8573867c68a8443db8de6d08bb33fb291c189ca2ca671471d3973a3e712096a3" }
-
-        self.common_tuxrun(csums=sums, drive="driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0")
-
     def test_mips64(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:mips64
diff --git a/tests/functional/meson.build b/tests/functional/meson.build
index 00591fbcba..7465c4bac6 100644
--- a/tests/functional/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/meson.build
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ tests_mips_system_thorough = [
 
 tests_mipsel_system_thorough = [
   'mipsel_malta',
+  'mipsel_tuxrun',
 ]
 
 tests_mips64el_system_thorough = [
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_mipsel_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_mipsel_tuxrun.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2965bbd913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_mipsel_tuxrun.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Functional test that boots known good tuxboot images the same way
+# that tuxrun (www.tuxrun.org) does. This tool is used by things like
+# the LKFT project to run regression tests on kernels.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Linaro Ltd.
+#
+# Author:
+#  Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+from qemu_test import Asset
+from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
+
+class TuxRunMipsELTest(TuxRunBaselineTest):
+
+    ASSET_MIPSEL_KERNEL = Asset(
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips32el/vmlinux',
+        '8573867c68a8443db8de6d08bb33fb291c189ca2ca671471d3973a3e712096a3')
+    ASSET_MIPSEL_ROOTFS = Asset(
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips32el/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'e799768e289fd69209c21f4dacffa11baea7543d5db101e8ce27e3bc2c41d90e')
+
+    def test_mips32el(self):
+        self.set_machine('malta')
+        self.cpu="mips32r6-generic"
+        self.root="sda"
+        self.wait_for_shutdown=False
+        self.common_tuxrun(kernel_asset=self.ASSET_MIPSEL_KERNEL,
+                           rootfs_asset=self.ASSET_MIPSEL_ROOTFS,
+                           drive="driver=ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    TuxRunBaselineTest.main()