diff --git a/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/cli-nightly-test/README.md b/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/cli-nightly-test/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..680c0e0d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/cli-nightly-test/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Cron Job to run nightly cli e2e tests on ppc64le hardware.
diff --git a/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/cli-nightly-test/cronjob.yaml b/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/cli-nightly-test/cronjob.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8d81dffaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/cli-nightly-test/cronjob.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: nightly-test-trigger
+spec:
+  schedule: "0 3 * * *"
+  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          containers:
+          - name: trigger
+            env:
+            - name: SINK_URL
+              value: "http://el-test-nightly.default.svc.cluster.local:8080"
+            - name: TARGET_PROJECT
+              value: "cli"
+            - name: NAMESPACE
+              value: "bastion-p"
+            - name: REGISTRY
+              value: "ppc64le-cluster.bastion-p.svc.cluster.local:443"
+            - name: TARGET_ARCH
+              value: "ppc64le"
+            - name: REMOTE_SECRET_NAME
+              value: "ppc64le-kubeconfig"
diff --git a/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/cli-nightly-test/kustomization.yaml b/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/cli-nightly-test/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c143a36a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/cli-nightly-test/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+bases:
+- ../../../../bases/nightly-tests
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+- cronjob.yaml
+nameSuffix: "-cli-ppc64le"
diff --git a/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/kustomization.yaml b/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/kustomization.yaml
index e896d3ab0f..d374bd99c6 100644
--- a/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/tekton/cronjobs/dogfooding/nightly-tests/ppc64le/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ namespace: default
 resources:
 - pipeline-nightly-test
 - triggers-nightly-test
+- cli-nightly-test
diff --git a/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/bastion-p/kustomization.yaml b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/bastion-p/kustomization.yaml
index 694da1622d..53656bb121 100644
--- a/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/bastion-p/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/bastion-p/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ resources:
 - deploy_tekton_component.yaml
 - test_tekton_component.yaml
 - cleanup_tekton.yaml
+- test_tekton_cli.yaml
diff --git a/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/bastion-p/test_tekton_cli.yaml b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/bastion-p/test_tekton_cli.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1973af7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/bastion-p/test_tekton_cli.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
+kind: Task
+metadata:
+  name: test-e2e-tekton-cli
+spec:
+  params:
+  - name: package
+    description: package (and its children) under test
+  - name: tests-path
+    description: path to the tests within "tests" git resource
+    default: ./test/e2e
+  - name: plumbing-path
+    description: path in the workspace for plumbing source code
+    default: src/github.com/tektoncd/plumbing
+  - name: timeout
+    description: timeout for the go test runner
+    default: 20m
+  - name: tags
+    default: e2e
+  workspaces:
+  - name: k8s-config
+    description: workspace to get k8s config file
+    mountPath: /root/.kube
+  - name: source-code
+    description: workspace with source code for tekton component
+  steps:
+  - name: run-e2e-tests
+    image: gcr.io/tekton-releases/dogfooding/test-runner:latest
+    workingdir: $(workspaces.source-code.path)/src/$(params.package)
+    env:
+    - name: REPO_ROOT_DIR
+      value: $(workspaces.source-code.path)/src/$(params.package)
+    - name: GOPATH
+      value: /workspace
+    - name: KUBECONFIG
+      value: /root/.kube/config
+    - name: TEST_CLIENT_BINARY
+      value: $(workspaces.source-code.path)/src/$(params.package)/tkn
+    - name: TEST_CLUSTERTASK_LIST_EMPTY
+      value: "yes"
+    command:
+    - /bin/bash
+    args:
+    - -ce
+    - |
+      source $(workspaces.source-code.path)/$(params.plumbing-path)/scripts/library.sh
+      go build -o tkn $(params.package)/cmd/tkn
+      for testsuite in clustertask eventListener pipeline pipelinerun resource task; do
+        header "Running Go $(params.tags) ${testsuite} tests"
+        report_go_test -v -count=1 -tags=$(params.tags) -timeout=$(params.timeout) $(params.tests-path)/${testsuite}
+      done
diff --git a/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/cli-deploy-test-ppc64le-template.yaml b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/cli-deploy-test-ppc64le-template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc067010d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/cli-deploy-test-ppc64le-template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+# Copyright 2021 The Tekton Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+apiVersion: triggers.tekton.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: TriggerTemplate
+metadata:
+  name: tekton-cli-nightly-test-ppc64le
+spec:
+  params:
+  - name: containerRegistry
+  - name: targetArch
+  - name: namespace
+  - name: remoteSecret
+  resourcetemplates:
+  - apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
+    kind: PipelineRun
+    metadata:
+      generateName: tekton-cli-$(tt.params.targetArch)-nightly-run-
+      namespace: $(tt.params.namespace)
+    spec:
+      timeout: 2h
+      workspaces:
+      # this workspace will be used to share info between tasks
+      - name: shared-workspace
+        volumeClaimTemplate:
+          spec:
+            accessModes:
+              - ReadWriteOnce
+            resources:
+              requests:
+                storage: 2Gi
+      # this workspace will be used to store k8s config
+      - name: k8s-config
+        secret:
+          secretName: $(tt.params.remoteSecret)
+      # this workspace will be used to store registry credentials
+      - name: registry-credentials
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-credentials
+      # this workspace will be used to store registry self-signed certificate
+      - name: registry-certificate
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-certificate
+      pipelineSpec:
+        workspaces:
+        - name: shared-workspace
+        - name: k8s-config
+        - name: registry-credentials
+        - name: registry-certificate
+        params:
+        - name: package
+        - name: container-registry
+        - name: target-arch
+        tasks:
+        - name: git-clone-plumbing
+          taskRef:
+            name: git-clone
+          params:
+          - name: url
+            value: https://github.com/tektoncd/plumbing
+          - name: revision
+            value: main
+          - name: subdirectory
+            value: src/github.com/tektoncd/plumbing
+          workspaces:
+          - name: output
+            workspace: shared-workspace
+            subPath: source-code
+        - name: git-clone-pipeline
+          runAfter: [git-clone-plumbing]
+          taskRef:
+            name: git-clone
+          params:
+          - name: url
+            value: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline
+          - name: revision
+            value: main
+          - name: subdirectory
+            value: src/github.com/tektoncd/pipeline
+          workspaces:
+          - name: output
+            workspace: shared-workspace
+            subPath: source-code
+        - name: git-clone-triggers
+          runAfter: [git-clone-pipeline]
+          taskRef:
+            name: git-clone
+          params:
+          - name: url
+            value: https://github.com/tektoncd/triggers
+          - name: revision
+            value: main
+          - name: subdirectory
+            value: src/github.com/tektoncd/triggers
+          workspaces:
+          - name: output
+            workspace: shared-workspace
+            subPath: source-code
+        - name: git-clone-cli
+          runAfter: [git-clone-triggers]
+          taskRef:
+            name: git-clone
+          params:
+          - name: url
+            value: https://github.com/tektoncd/cli
+          - name: revision
+            value: main
+          - name: subdirectory
+            value: src/github.com/tektoncd/cli
+          workspaces:
+          - name: output
+            workspace: shared-workspace
+            subPath: source-code
+        - name: deploy-pipeline
+          runAfter: [git-clone-triggers]
+          taskRef:
+            name: deploy-tekton-project-nightly
+          workspaces:
+          - name: k8s-config
+            workspace: k8s-config
+          - name: registry-credentials
+            workspace: registry-credentials
+          - name: registry-certificate
+            workspace: registry-certificate
+          - name: source-code
+            workspace: shared-workspace
+            subPath: source-code
+          retries: 2
+          params:
+          - name: package
+            value: github.com/tektoncd/pipeline
+          - name: container-registry
+            value: $(params.container-registry)
+          - name: target-arch
+            value: $(params.target-arch)
+        - name: deploy-triggers
+          runAfter: [deploy-pipeline]
+          taskRef:
+            name: deploy-tekton-project-nightly
+          workspaces:
+          - name: k8s-config
+            workspace: k8s-config
+          - name: registry-credentials
+            workspace: registry-credentials
+          - name: registry-certificate
+            workspace: registry-certificate
+          - name: source-code
+            workspace: shared-workspace
+            subPath: source-code
+          retries: 2
+          params:
+          - name: package
+            value: github.com/tektoncd/triggers
+          - name: container-registry
+            value: $(params.container-registry)
+          - name: target-arch
+            value: $(params.target-arch)
+        - name: e2e-test-cli
+          runAfter: [deploy-triggers]
+          taskRef:
+            name: test-e2e-tekton-cli
+          workspaces:
+          - name: k8s-config
+            workspace: k8s-config
+          - name: source-code
+            workspace: shared-workspace
+            subPath: source-code
+          retries: 2
+          params:
+          - name: package
+            value: $(params.package)
+        finally:
+        - name: cleanup
+          taskRef:
+            name: cleanup-tekton-nightly
+          workspaces:
+          - name: k8s-config
+            workspace: k8s-config
+          - name: source-code
+            workspace: shared-workspace
+            subPath: source-code
+          retries: 2
+          params:
+          - name: package
+            value: github.com/tektoncd/pipeline
+          - name: triggers
+            value: "Yes"
+      params:
+      - name: package
+        value: github.com/tektoncd/cli
+      - name: container-registry
+        value: $(tt.params.containerRegistry)
+      - name: target-arch
+        value: $(tt.params.targetArch)
diff --git a/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/eventlistener.yaml b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/eventlistener.yaml
index f30691cb75..813e6e118b 100644
--- a/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/eventlistener.yaml
+++ b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/eventlistener.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ spec:
     - ref: trigger-to-deploy-test-tekton-project
     template:
       ref: tekton-triggers-nightly-test-ppc64le
+  - name: cli-nightly-test-trigger-ppc64le
+    interceptors:
+    - cel:
+        filter: >-
+          'trigger-template' in body &&
+           body['trigger-template'] == 'cli' &&
+           'arch' in body.params.target &&
+           body.params.target.arch == 'ppc64le'
+    bindings:
+    - ref: trigger-to-deploy-test-tekton-project
+    template:
+      ref: tekton-cli-nightly-test-ppc64le
 ---
 apiVersion: triggers.tekton.dev/v1alpha1
 kind: TriggerBinding
diff --git a/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/kustomization.yaml b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/kustomization.yaml
index 2c5a693f1e..2b5dc3bb8d 100644
--- a/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/tekton/resources/nightly-tests/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ resources:
 - pipeline-deploy-test-ppc64le-template.yaml
 - serviceaccount.yaml
 - triggers-deploy-test-ppc64le-template.yaml
+- cli-deploy-test-ppc64le-template.yaml