diff --git a/tests/common_vars.yml b/tests/common_vars.yml
index 4575c607b..822ba654d 100644
--- a/tests/common_vars.yml
+++ b/tests/common_vars.yml
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ flannel_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/kubespray/flannel"
 flannel_init_image_repo: "{{ quay_image_repo }}/kubespray/flannel-cni-plugin"
 
 local_release_dir: "{{ '/tmp/releases' if inventory_hostname != 'localhost' else (lookup('env', 'PWD') + '/downloads') }}"
+
+hydrophone_version: "0.7.0"
+hydrophone_arch: "x86_64"
+hydrophone_checksum: "sha256:15a6c09962f9bd4a1587af068b5edef1072327a77012d8fbb84992c7c87c0475"
+hydrophone_parallel: 1
+hydrophone_path: "{{ bin_dir }}/hydrophone"
diff --git a/tests/testcases/000_install-hydrophone.yml b/tests/testcases/000_install-hydrophone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2a476bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/000_install-hydrophone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+- name: Download hydrophone
+  get_url:
+    url: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/hydrophone/releases/download/v{{ hydrophone_version }}/hydrophone_Linux_{{ hydrophone_arch }}.tar.gz"
+    dest: /tmp/hydrophone.tar.gz
+    checksum: "{{ hydrophone_checksum }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+
+- name: Extract hydrophone
+  unarchive:
+    src: /tmp/hydrophone.tar.gz
+    dest: "{{ bin_dir }}"
+    copy: false
diff --git a/tests/testcases/tests.yml b/tests/testcases/tests.yml
index 04480e25e..8ec00785b 100644
--- a/tests/testcases/tests.yml
+++ b/tests/testcases/tests.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     - name: Import Kubespray variables
       import_role:
         name: ../../roles/kubespray_defaults
+    - name: Install the Hydrophone for tests
+      import_tasks: 000_install-hydrophone.yml
     - name: Testcases for apiserver
       import_tasks: 010_check-apiserver.yml
       when: