diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cuopt.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cuopt.sh
index 77da9c1991..02f1d64ced 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cuopt.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cuopt.sh
@@ -75,3 +75,8 @@ RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR=./datasets timeout 30m python -m pytest --verbose --capt
 
 # run cvxpy integration tests
 ./ci/thirdparty-testing/run_cvxpy_tests.sh
+
+# run jump tests for only nightly builds
+if [[ "${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE}" == "nightly" ]]; then
+    ./ci/thirdparty-testing/run_jump_tests.sh
+fi
diff --git a/ci/thirdparty-testing/run_jump_tests.sh b/ci/thirdparty-testing/run_jump_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a08d5df482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/thirdparty-testing/run_jump_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Install Julia using the official installer
+
+if ! command -v julia &> /dev/null; then
+    rapids-logger "Installing Julia using official installer..."
+    # Pass 'yes' to the installer to accept any prompts automatically
+    curl -fsSL https://install.julialang.org | sh -s -- --yes
+    # Add Julia to PATH for current session
+    export PATH="$HOME/.juliaup/bin:$PATH"
+    # Also add to .bashrc for future sessions
+    rapids-logger 'export PATH="$HOME/.juliaup/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
+else
+    rapids-logger "Julia is already installed."
+fi
+
+# Confirm Julia install
+julia --version
+
+CUOPT_JL_DIR="$(mktemp -d)/cuOpt.jl"
+rapids-logger "Cloning cuOpt.jl into ${CUOPT_JL_DIR}"
+git clone https://github.com/jump-dev/cuOpt.jl.git "${CUOPT_JL_DIR}"
+
+cd $CUOPT_JL_DIR || exit 1
+
+# Find libcuopt.so and add its directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+LIBCUOPT_PATH=$(find /pyenv/ -name "libcuopt.so" -type f 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+
+if [ -n "$LIBCUOPT_PATH" ]; then
+    rapids-logger "LIBCUOPT_PATH: $LIBCUOPT_PATH"
+    LIBCUOPT_DIR=$(dirname "$LIBCUOPT_PATH")
+    rapids-logger "LIBCUOPT_DIR: $LIBCUOPT_DIR"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LIBCUOPT_DIR}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+    rapids-logger "Found libcuopt.so at $LIBCUOPT_PATH, added directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LIBCUOPT_DIR"
+else
+    rapids-logger "Warning: libcuopt.so not found in root filesystem"
+fi
+
+rapids-logger "Running Julia tests for cuOpt.jl"
+
+# use Julia to instantiate and run tests for the package
+julia --project=. -e '
+import Pkg;
+Pkg.instantiate();
+# forcefully add maybe-missing deps (bad)
+try
+    Pkg.add("Test")
+catch
+end
+println("Running Pkg.test() for cuOpt.jl -- this will spew output and may fail loudly");
+Pkg.test(; coverage=true)
+'