diff --git a/tests/test/script/data/.fmf/version b/tests/test/script/data/.fmf/version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d00491fd7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test/script/data/.fmf/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/tests/test/script/data/tests/foo.fmf b/tests/test/script/data/tests/foo.fmf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57f0b43eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test/script/data/tests/foo.fmf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/pos:
+    summary: Normal test metadata should be accepted
+    test: 'false'
+    framework: shell
+
+/neg:
+    summary: Malformed test metadata should be rejected
+    test: false
+    framework: shell
diff --git a/tests/test/script/main.fmf b/tests/test/script/main.fmf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01238c893c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test/script/main.fmf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+summary: Verify test metadata should be string
diff --git a/tests/test/script/test.sh b/tests/test/script/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..755efb095c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test/script/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+. /usr/share/beakerlib/beakerlib.sh || exit 1
+
+rlJournalStart
+    rlPhaseStartSetup
+        rlRun "pushd data"
+        rlRun "set -o pipefail"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest "Normal test metadata"
+        rlRun -s "tmt tests ls /pos" 0
+        rlAssertGrep "/tests/foo/pos" $rlRun_LOG
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest "Malformed test metadata"
+        rlRun -s "tmt tests ls /neg" "1-255"
+        rlAssertGrep "Field '/tests/foo/neg:test' must be a string, 'bool' found" $rlRun_LOG
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartCleanup
+        rlRun "popd"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+rlJournalEnd