diff --git a/test/integration/targets/rpm_key/tasks/rpm_key.yaml b/test/integration/targets/rpm_key/tasks/rpm_key.yaml
index fa9d7e10790..6bc6d4fae09 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/rpm_key/tasks/rpm_key.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/rpm_key/tasks/rpm_key.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 ---
+#
+# Save initial state
+#
+- name: Retrieve a list of gpg keys are installed for package checking
+  shell: 'rpm -q gpg-pubkey | sort'
+  register: list_of_pubkeys
+
+- name: Retrieve the gpg keys used to verify packages
+  command: 'rpm -q --qf %{description} gpg-pubkey'
+  register: pubkeys
+
+- name: Save gpg keys to a file
+  copy:
+    content: "{{ pubkeys['stdout'] }}\n"
+    dest: '{{ output_dir }}/pubkeys'
+    mode: 0600
+
+#
+# Tests start
+#
 - name: download EPEL GPG key
   get_url:
     url: https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
@@ -109,3 +129,29 @@
   rpm_key:
     state: present
     key: https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
+
+- name: check GPG signature of sl. Should return okay
+  shell: "rpm --checksig /tmp/sl.rpm"
+  register: sl_check
+
+- name: confirm that signature check succeeded
+  assert:
+    that: "'rsa sha1 (md5) pgp md5 OK' in sl_check.stdout"
+
+#
+# Cleanup
+#
+- name: remove all keys from key ring
+  shell: "rpm -q  gpg-pubkey | xargs rpm -e"
+
+- name: Restore the gpg keys normally installed on the system
+  command: 'rpm --import {{ output_dir }}/pubkeys'
+
+- name: Retrieve a list of gpg keys are installed for package checking
+  shell: 'rpm -q gpg-pubkey | sort'
+  register: new_list_of_pubkeys
+
+- name: Confirm that we've restored all the pubkeys
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - 'list_of_pubkeys["stdout"] == new_list_of_pubkeys["stdout"]'