diff --git a/test/assets/generic-device-plugin/fake-serial-communication.py b/test/assets/generic-device-plugin/fake-serial-communication.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f256b6349e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/assets/generic-device-plugin/fake-serial-communication.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""
+This script simulates a simple serial communication between a host and a pod.
+It supports two modes of operation: 'host' and 'pod':
+ - Host listens for a message and responds.
+ - Pod sends a message and waits for a response.
+Both sides are verifying the messages they send and receive.
+"""
+
+import serial
+import sys
+
+DEVICE_POD = "/dev/ttyPipeB0"
+DEVICE_HOST = "/dev/ttyPipeA0"
+
+MSG_1 = b"HELLO\n"
+MSG_2 = b"THERE\n"
+
+
+def send_msg(ser, msg):
+    print(f"Sending message: {msg}")
+    ser.write(msg)
+
+
+def recv_msg(ser, expected_msg):
+    print(f"Listening for a message. Expecting: {expected_msg}")
+    line = ser.readline()
+    print(f"Received message: {line}")
+    if expected_msg != line:
+        print("Received message does not match expected one")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def host():
+    s = serial.Serial(DEVICE_HOST, timeout=60)
+    recv_msg(s, MSG_1)
+    send_msg(s, MSG_2)
+    print("Test successful")
+
+
+def pod():
+    s = serial.Serial(DEVICE_POD, timeout=10)
+    send_msg(s, MSG_1)
+    recv_msg(s, MSG_2)
+    print("Test successful")
+
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+    print("Not enough args")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+mode = sys.argv[1]
+if mode == "host":
+    host()
+elif mode == "pod":
+    pod()
+else:
+    print(f"Invalid arg: {mode}. Accepted args: host | pod")
+    sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/test/assets/generic-device-plugin/job.yaml b/test/assets/generic-device-plugin/job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8daeffac46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/assets/generic-device-plugin/job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: gdp-test
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      containers:
+      - name: gdp-test
+        image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:9.6
+        command: ["/bin/bash"]
+        args: ["/script/entrypoint.sh", "pod"]
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            device.microshift.io/fakeserial: 1
+        securityContext:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          capabilities:
+            drop: ["ALL"]
+          runAsNonRoot: true
+          seccompProfile:
+            type: "RuntimeDefault"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: script-volume
+          mountPath: /script/
+      volumes:
+      - name: script-volume
+        configMap:
+          name: gdp-script
+          defaultMode: 0755
diff --git a/test/image-blueprints-bootc/layer2-presubmit/group2/rhel96-bootc-source-optionals.containerfile b/test/image-blueprints-bootc/layer2-presubmit/group2/rhel96-bootc-source-optionals.containerfile
index 701aa4791d..9abea74afc 100644
--- a/test/image-blueprints-bootc/layer2-presubmit/group2/rhel96-bootc-source-optionals.containerfile
+++ b/test/image-blueprints-bootc/layer2-presubmit/group2/rhel96-bootc-source-optionals.containerfile
@@ -26,3 +26,14 @@ RUN dnf repoinfo --enabled && \
     rm -vf /etc/yum.repos.d/microshift-*.repo && \
     rm -rvf $USHIFT_RPM_REPO_PATH && \
     dnf clean all
+
+# Prepare system for testing Generic Device Plugin.
+# hadolint ignore=DL3003
+RUN KERNEL_VER=$(rpm -q --qf "%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}" kernel); \
+    KERNEL_VER_ARCH="${KERNEL_VER}.$(uname -m)"; \
+    dnf install -y git make "kernel-devel-${KERNEL_VER}" python3-pyserial && \
+    dnf clean all && \
+    git clone https://github.com/pmtk/serialsim.git /tmp/serialsim && \
+    cd /tmp/serialsim && \
+    make KERNEL="${KERNEL_VER_ARCH}" all install && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/serialsim
diff --git a/test/suites/optional/generic-device-plugin.robot b/test/suites/optional/generic-device-plugin.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c8f21b905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/suites/optional/generic-device-plugin.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation       Generic Device Plugin
+
+Resource            ../../resources/microshift-config.resource
+Resource            ../../resources/microshift-process.resource
+Variables           strings.py
+Library             strings.py
+
+Suite Setup         Setup Suite With Namespace
+Suite Teardown      Teardown Suite With Namespace
+
+
+*** Variables ***
+${NAMESPACE}    ${EMPTY}
+
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Sanity Test
+    [Documentation]    Performs a simple test of Generic Device Plugin
+    [Setup]    Run Keywords
+    ...    Enable And Configure GDP
+    ...    Enable Serialsim
+    ...    Copy Script To Host
+
+    Wait Until Device Is Allocatable
+
+    Command Should Work    crictl pull registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:9.6
+    Start Script On Host
+    Create Test Job
+
+    Wait For Job Completion And Check Logs
+
+    [Teardown]    Run Keywords
+    ...    Stop Script On Host
+    ...    Disable GDP
+
+
+*** Keywords ***
+Enable And Configure GDP
+    [Documentation]    Enables GDP and adds fake device path in MicroShift configuration
+    Drop In MicroShift Config    ${GDP_CONFIG_DROPIN}    10-gdp
+    Restart MicroShift
+
+Disable GDP
+    [Documentation]    Removes GDP configuration drop-in
+    Remove Drop In MicroShift Config    10-gdp
+    Restart MicroShift
+
+Enable Serialsim
+    [Documentation]    Enables the serialsim kernel module.
+    ...    serialsim creates echo and pipe devices.
+    Command Should Work    modprobe serialsim
+
+Copy Script To Host
+    [Documentation]    Starts fake serial communication script to the host
+    Put File
+    ...    ./assets/generic-device-plugin/fake-serial-communication.py
+    ...    /tmp/fake-serial-communication.py
+
+Start Script On Host
+    [Documentation]    Starts fake serial communication script on the host in the background
+    ${cmd}=    Catenate
+    ...    systemd-run -u gdp-test-comm
+    ...    python /tmp/fake-serial-communication.py host
+    Command Should Work    ${cmd}
+
+Stop Script On Host
+    [Documentation]    Attempts to stop the fake serial communication script on the host.
+    ...    If it was successful, the unit is deleted automatically.
+    Command Execution    journalctl -u gdp-test-comm.service
+    Command Execution    systemctl stop gdp-test-comm
+    Command Execution    systemctl reset-failed gdp-test-comm
+
+Create Test Job
+    [Documentation]    Creates Job that spawns test Pod running to completion.
+    ${script}=    OperatingSystem.Get File    ./assets/generic-device-plugin/fake-serial-communication.py
+    ${configmap}=    Append To Preamble    ${script}
+    Log    ${configmap}
+    ${path}=    Create Random Temp File    ${configmap}
+    Oc Create    -f ${path} -n ${NAMESPACE}
+    Oc Create    -f ./assets/generic-device-plugin/job.yaml -n ${NAMESPACE}
+
+Wait Until Device Is Allocatable
+    [Documentation]    Waits until device device.microshift.io/fakeserial is allocatable
+    ${node}=    Run With Kubeconfig    oc get node -o=name
+    ${node_name}=    Remove String    ${node}    node/
+
+    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    60s    5s
+    ...    Device Should Be Allocatable    ${node_name}
+
+Device Should Be Allocatable
+    [Documentation]    Checks if device device.microshift.io/fakeserial is allocatable
+    [Arguments]    ${node_name}
+    ${device_amount}=    Oc Get JsonPath
+    ...    node
+    ...    ${EMPTY}
+    ...    ${node_name}
+    ...    .status.allocatable.device\\.microshift\\.io/fakeserial
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${device_amount}    1
+
+Wait For Job Completion And Check Logs
+    [Documentation]    Waits for Job completion and checks Pod logs looking for 'Test successful' message
+
+    Oc Wait    -n ${NAMESPACE} job/gdp-test    --for=condition=complete --timeout=120s
+    ${pod}=    Oc Get JsonPath
+    ...    pod
+    ...    ${NAMESPACE}
+    ...    --selector=batch.kubernetes.io/job-name=gdp-test
+    ...    .items[*].metadata.name
+    ${logs}=    Oc Logs    ${pod}    ${NAMESPACE}
+    Should Contain    ${logs}    Test successful
diff --git a/test/suites/optional/strings.py b/test/suites/optional/strings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34e9f6e984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/suites/optional/strings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+GDP_CONFIG_DROPIN = '''
+genericDevicePlugin:
+  status: Enabled
+  devices:
+     - name: fakeserial
+       groups:
+         - paths:
+             - path: /dev/ttyPipeB0
+'''
+
+CONFIGMAP_PREAMBLE = '''
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: gdp-script
+data:
+  entrypoint.sh: |
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    # Fake user homedir for installing pip and pyserial.
+    HOME=/tmp python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
+    HOME=/tmp python3 -m pip install pyserial
+    HOME=/tmp /script/fake-serial-communication.py pod
+
+  fake-serial-communication.py: |
+'''
+
+
+def append_to_preamble(content: str) -> str:
+    # Add 4 spaces before each line
+    content = "    " + content.replace("\n", "\n    ")
+    return CONFIGMAP_PREAMBLE + content