diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index faca7eb8..24baaf37 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ STACKER := $(shell which stacker)
 GOLINTER := $(TOOLSDIR)/bin/golangci-lint
 GOLINTER_VERSION := v1.46.2
 NOTATION := $(TOOLSDIR)/bin/notation
+HELM := $(TOOLSDIR)/bin/helm
+ORAS := $(TOOLSDIR)/bin/oras
+REGCLIENT := $(TOOLSDIR)/bin/regctl
 BATS := $(TOOLSDIR)/bin/bats
 TESTDATA := $(TOP_LEVEL)/test/data
 OS ?= linux
@@ -101,6 +104,24 @@ $(NOTATION):
 	tar xvzf notation.tar.gz -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bin  notation
 	rm notation.tar.gz
 
+$(ORAS):
+	mkdir -p $(TOOLSDIR)/bin
+	curl -Lo oras.tar.gz https://github.com/oras-project/oras/releases/download/v0.13.0/oras_0.13.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+	tar xvzf oras.tar.gz -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bin  oras
+	rm oras.tar.gz
+
+$(HELM):
+	mkdir -p $(TOOLSDIR)/bin
+	curl -Lo helm.tar.gz https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.9.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+	tar xvzf helm.tar.gz -C $(TOOLSDIR)/bin linux-amd64/helm  --strip-components=1
+	rm helm.tar.gz
+
+$(REGCLIENT):
+	mkdir -p $(TOOLSDIR)/bin
+	curl -Lo regctl https://github.com/regclient/regclient/releases/download/v0.4.4/regctl-linux-amd64
+	cp regctl $(TOOLSDIR)/bin/regctl
+	chmod +x $(TOOLSDIR)/bin/regctl
+
 .PHONY: covhtml
 covhtml:
 	go install github.com/wadey/gocovmerge@latest
@@ -237,7 +258,7 @@ $(BATS):
 	rm -rf bats-core
 
 .PHONY: push-pull
-push-pull: binary check-skopeo $(BATS)
+push-pull: binary check-skopeo $(BATS) $(REGCLIENT) $(ORAS) $(HELM)
 	$(BATS) --trace --print-output-on-failure test/blackbox/pushpull.bats
 
 .PHONY: push-pull-verbose
diff --git a/test/blackbox/helpers_pushpull.bash b/test/blackbox/helpers_pushpull.bash
index 70b6cf5b..f0300521 100644
--- a/test/blackbox/helpers_pushpull.bash
+++ b/test/blackbox/helpers_pushpull.bash
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ function verify_prerequisites {
         echo "you need to install oras as a prerequisite to running the tests" >&3
         return 1
     fi
+
+    if [ ! command -v helm ] &>/dev/null; then
+        echo "you need to install helm as a prerequisite to running the tests" >&3
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! command -v regctl ] &>/dev/null; then
+        echo "you need to install regclient as a prerequisite to running the tests" >&3
+        return 1
+    fi
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/test/blackbox/pushpull.bats b/test/blackbox/pushpull.bats
index 160086c7..80b6c781 100644
--- a/test/blackbox/pushpull.bats
+++ b/test/blackbox/pushpull.bats
@@ -69,23 +69,83 @@ function teardown_file() {
 @test "push oras artifact" {
     echo "{\"name\":\"foo\",\"value\":\"bar\"}" > config.json
     echo "hello world" > artifact.txt
-    oras push --plain-http 127.0.0.1:8080/hello-artifact:v2 \
+    run oras push --plain-http 127.0.0.1:8080/hello-artifact:v2 \
         --manifest-config config.json:application/vnd.acme.rocket.config.v1+json artifact.txt:text/plain -d -v
-	rm -f artifact.txt
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    rm -f artifact.txt
     rm -f config.json
 }
 
 @test "pull oras artifact" {
-    oras pull --plain-http 127.0.0.1:8080/hello-artifact:v2 -d -v
+    run oras pull --plain-http 127.0.0.1:8080/hello-artifact:v2 -d -v
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
     grep -q "hello world" artifact.txt
     rm -f artifact.txt
 }
 
 @test "push helm chart" {
-    helm package ${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/helm-charts/charts/zot
-    helm push zot-0.1.0.tgz oci://localhost:8080/zot-chart
+    run helm package ${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/helm-charts/charts/zot
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    run helm push zot-0.1.0.tgz oci://localhost:8080/zot-chart
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
 
 @test "pull helm chart" {
-    helm pull oci://localhost:8080/zot-chart/zot --version 0.1.0
+    run helm pull oci://localhost:8080/zot-chart/zot --version 0.1.0
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "copy image with regclient" {
+    run regctl registry set localhost:8080 --tls disabled
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    run regctl image copy ocidir://${TEST_DATA_DIR}/golang:1.18 localhost:8080/test-regclient
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "list all images with regclient" {
+    run regctl repo ls localhost:8080
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+    found=0
+    for i in "${lines[@]}"
+    do
+
+        if [ "$i" = 'test-regclient' ]; then
+            found=1
+        fi
+    done
+    [ "$found" -eq 1 ]
+}
+
+@test "list tags with regclient" {
+    run regctl tag ls localhost:8080/test-regclient
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+    found=0
+    for i in "${lines[@]}"
+    do
+
+        if [ "$i" = 'latest' ]; then
+            found=1
+        fi
+    done
+    [ "$found" -eq 1 ]
+}
+
+@test "get and push manifest with regclient" {
+    manifest=$(regctl manifest get localhost:8080/test-regclient --format=raw-body)
+    run regctl manifest put localhost:8080/test-regclient:1.0.0 --format oci --content-type application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json --format oci <<EOF
+    $manifest
+EOF
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "get manifest with regclient" {
+    run regctl manifest get localhost:8080/test-regclient
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "pull image with regclient" {
+    run regctl image copy localhost:8080/test-regclient ocidir://${TEST_DATA_DIR}/golang:1.18
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }