diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifact.yml b/.github/workflows/build-artifact.yml
index 4b3d40456..c77d7ddda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifact.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-artifact.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
             mk/kconfig.mk
             mk/toolchain.mk
             tools/detect-env.py
+            tests/embench-iot/**
             tests/ansibench/**
             tests/rv8-bench/**
             tests/doom/**
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -q=2
           sudo apt-get upgrade -q=2
-          sudo apt-get install -q=2 gcc-multilib g++-multilib
+          sudo apt-get install -q=2 gcc-multilib g++-multilib scons
           .ci/riscv-toolchain-install.sh
           echo "$PWD/toolchain/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Build binaries
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 80a0e2288..cd87056a4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@
 	path = src/dtc
 	url = https://github.com/dgibson/dtc
 	shallow = true
+[submodule "tests/embench-iot"]
+	path = tests/embench-iot
+	url = https://github.com/sysprog21/embench-iot
+	shallow = true
diff --git a/mk/artifact.mk b/mk/artifact.mk
index e0c950db7..863936bd1 100644
--- a/mk/artifact.mk
+++ b/mk/artifact.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BIN_DIR := $(abspath $(OUT))
 
 TEST_SUITES += \
 	ansibench \
+	embench-iot \
 	rv8-bench
 
 # "ieee754" needs F extension
diff --git a/tests/embench-iot b/tests/embench-iot
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..b59c7319b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/embench-iot
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b59c7319b44380a46961fdfca54be9f3f9f8522b