diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vault/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/vault/runme.sh
index facdfb962a7..7fc14d71964 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/vault/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vault/runme.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,47 @@
 
 set -eux
 
+MYTMPDIR=$(mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'mytmpdir')
+trap 'rm -rf "${MYTMPDIR}"' EXIT
 
+# create a test file
+TEST_FILE="${MYTMPDIR}/test_file"
+echo "This is a test file" > "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+# encrypt it
+ansible-vault encrypt "$@" --vault-password-file vault-password "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+ansible-vault view "$@" --vault-password-file vault-password "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+ansible-vault decrypt "$@" --vault-password-file vault-password "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+# new password file for rekeyed file
+NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD="${MYTMPDIR}/new-vault-password"
+echo "newpassword" > "${NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD}"
+
+ansible-vault encrypt "$@" --vault-password-file vault-password "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+ansible-vault rekey "$@" --vault-password-file vault-password --new-vault-password-file "${NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD}" "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+ansible-vault view "$@" --vault-password-file "${NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD}" "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+ansible-vault decrypt "$@" --vault-password-file "${NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD}" "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+ansible-vault encrypt_string "$@" --vault-password-file "${NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD}" "a test string"
+
+ansible-vault encrypt_string "$@" --vault-password-file "${NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD}" --name "blippy" "a test string names blippy"
+
+
+# from stdin
+ansible-vault encrypt_string "$@" --vault-password-file "${NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD}" < "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+ansible-vault encrypt_string "$@" --vault-password-file "${NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD}" --stdin-name "the_var_from_stdin" < "${TEST_FILE}"
+
+# write to file
+ansible-vault encrypt_string "$@" --vault-password-file "${NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD}" --name "blippy" "a test string names blippy" --output "${MYTMPDIR}/enc_string_test_file"
+
+
+# test playbooks using vaulted files
 ansible-playbook test_vault.yml          -i ../../inventory -v "$@" --vault-password-file vault-password --list-tasks
 ansible-playbook test_vault.yml          -i ../../inventory -v "$@" --vault-password-file vault-password --list-hosts
 ansible-playbook test_vault.yml          -i ../../inventory -v "$@" --vault-password-file vault-password --syntax-check