diff --git a/.github/actions/conditional/action.yml b/.github/actions/conditional/action.yml
index 717d67769c7..18869cfe54b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/conditional/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/conditional/action.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ outputs:
   documentation:
     description: Should "documentation.yml" execute
     value: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.documentation }}
+  sssd:
+    description: Should "sssd.yml" execute
+    value: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.sssd }}
 
 runs:
   using: composite
diff --git a/.github/actions/conditional/conditions b/.github/actions/conditional/conditions
index 7da66f4c7b5..2fa81af4449 100644
--- a/.github/actions/conditional/conditions
+++ b/.github/actions/conditional/conditions
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 #
 # To test a pattern run '.github/actions/conditional/conditional.sh <remote name> <branch>'
 
-.github/actions/                            ci operator js codeql-java codeql-themes guides documentation
+.github/actions/                            ci operator js codeql-java codeql-themes guides documentation sssd
 
-.github/workflows/ci.yml                    ci
+.github/workflows/ci.yml                    ci sssd
 .github/workflows/operator-ci.yml           operator
 .github/workflows/js-ci.yml                 js
 .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml       codeql-java codeql-themes
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 */src/main/                                 ci operator
 */src/test/                                 ci operator
 pom.xml                                     ci operator
+federation/sssd/                            ci sssd
 
 docs/guides/                                guides
 docs/documentation/                         documentation
diff --git a/.github/scripts/run-ipa-tests.sh b/.github/scripts/run-ipa-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..f9941d0c9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/run-ipa-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o pipefail
+
+echo "Modifying /etc/sssd/sssd.conf file"
+if ! grep -q ^ldap_user_extra_attrs /etc/sssd/sssd.conf; then
+  sed -i '/ldap_tls_cacert/a ldap_user_extra_attrs = mail:mail, sn:sn, givenname:givenname, telephoneNumber:telephoneNumber' /etc/sssd/sssd.conf
+fi
+if ! grep -q ^user_attributes /etc/sssd/sssd.conf; then
+  sed -i '/allowed_uids/a user_attributes = +mail, +telephoneNumber, +givenname, +sn' /etc/sssd/sssd.conf
+fi
+
+systemctl restart sssd
+sss_cache -E
+
+echo "Creating /etc/pam.d/keycloak file for PAM"
+cat >/etc/pam.d/keycloak <<EOF
+auth    required   pam_sss.so
+account required   pam_sss.so
+EOF
+
+if [[ "true" == "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "Adding users and groups for the test"
+
+  printf "%b" "password\n" | kinit admin
+  ipa group-add --desc='test group' testgroup
+  ipa user-add emily --first=Emily --last=Jones --email=emily@jones.com --random
+  ipa group-add-member testgroup --users=emily
+  ipa user-add bart --first=bart --last=bart --email= --random
+  ipa user-add david --first=david --last=david --random
+  kdestroy
+
+  ldapmodify -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password <<EOF
+dn: uid=emily,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=test
+changetype: modify
+replace: userpassword
+userpassword: emily123
+
+dn: uid=bart,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=test
+changetype: modify
+replace: userpassword
+userpassword: bart123
+
+dn: uid=david,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=test
+changetype: modify
+replace: userpassword
+userpassword: david123
+
+EOF
+
+  printf "%b" "password\n" | kinit admin
+  ipa user-disable david
+  kdestroy
+fi
+
+echo "Installing jdk-17 in the container"
+dnf install -y java-17-openjdk-devel
+export JAVA_HOME=/etc/alternatives/java_sdk_17
+
+echo "Building quarkus keyclok server with SSSD integration"
+./mvnw install -nsu -B -e -pl testsuite/integration-arquillian/servers/auth-server/quarkus -Pauth-server-quarkus
+
+echo "Executing SSSD tests"
+./mvnw -f testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/other/sssd/pom.xml test -Psssd-testing -Pauth-server-quarkus
diff --git a/.github/scripts/run-ipa.sh b/.github/scripts/run-ipa.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..bcb66435b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/run-ipa.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o pipefail
+DOCKER=podman
+
+if [ -f "$HOME/ipa-data.tar" ]; then
+  echo "Using data from previous execution"
+  sudo tar xpf "$HOME/ipa-data.tar" -C "$HOME"
+else
+  mkdir "$HOME/ipa-data"
+fi
+
+echo "Starting ipa-server container"
+container=$($DOCKER run --detach --rm -h ipa.example.test --sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0 --workdir /github/workspace -v "$HOME/ipa-data":"/data":Z -v "$1":"/github/workspace" -v "$HOME/.m2":"/root/.m2" freeipa/freeipa-server:rocky-9 ipa-server-install --unattended --realm=EXAMPLE.TEST --ds-password=password --admin-password=password --idstart=60000)
+
+echo "Container $container started, waiting ipa-server configuration"
+sleep 30
+line=$($DOCKER logs $container | tail -1)
+regexp="FreeIPA server configured.|FreeIPA server started."
+while ! [[ "$line" =~ $regexp ]]; do
+  sleep 30
+  line=$($DOCKER logs $container | tail -1)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+new_install="false"
+if [[ $line == "FreeIPA server configured." ]]; then
+  new_install="true"
+fi
+echo "The server is ready, performing tests"
+$DOCKER exec $container .github/scripts/run-ipa-tests.sh $new_install
+result=$?
+
+$DOCKER stop $container
+
+if [ $result -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Doing a backup of the ipa-data directory for caching"
+  sudo tar cpf "$HOME/ipa-data.tar" -C "$HOME" ipa-data
+fi
+
+echo "Tests executed with result: $result"
+exit $result
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0a2c4c0d872..f8de8138dfd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       ci: ${{ steps.conditional.outputs.ci }}
+      sssd: ${{ steps.conditional.outputs.sssd }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -458,6 +459,40 @@ jobs:
         with:
           job-name: WebAuthn IT
 
+  sssd-unit-tests:
+    name: SSSD
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - conditional
+      - build
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        if: ${{ needs.conditional.outputs.sssd == 'true' }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - id: integration-test-setup
+        if: ${{ needs.conditional.outputs.sssd == 'true' }}
+        name: Integration test setup
+        uses: ./.github/actions/integration-test-setup
+
+      - id: weekly-cache-key
+        if: ${{ needs.conditional.outputs.sssd == 'true' }}
+        name: Key for weekly rotation of cache
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "key=ipa-data-`date -u "+%Y-%U"`" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - id: cache-maven-repository
+        if: ${{ needs.conditional.outputs.sssd == 'true' }}
+        name: ipa-data cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/ipa-data.tar
+          key: ${{ steps.weekly-cache-key.outputs.key }}
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        if: ${{ needs.conditional.outputs.sssd == 'true' }}
+        run: .github/scripts/run-ipa.sh "${{ github.workspace }}"
 
   check-set-status:
     name: Set check conclusion
@@ -474,6 +509,7 @@ jobs:
       - fips-integration-tests
       - account-console-integration-tests
       - webauthn-integration-tests
+      - sssd-unit-tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       conclusion: ${{ steps.check.outputs.conclusion }}