diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/CMakeLists.txt b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c1f3618f2c870abd2a43738dae0d37bbefac4e1..6b4cd9931643e01a5fe48196dfef6a7812fe748e 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -121,3 +121,9 @@ atlas_add_test( InDetPlotBase_test
 )
 
 
+atlas_add_test( StandaloneRun_test 
+                SCRIPT test/IDPVM_standalone_test.sh 
+                POST_EXEC_SCRIPT "nopost.sh"                
+)
+
+
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/test/IDPVM_standalone_test.sh b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/test/IDPVM_standalone_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f573a329a1346e0a2d7a9d3387aad056fa063fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/test/IDPVM_standalone_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##################################################
+# This is a simple test for running the 
+# standalone job options of the InDetPhysValMonitoring 
+# package. Will not attempt to compare the outputs, 
+# but only test for a successful run of athena. 
+################################################### 
+
+# Use a random AOD on CVMFS as input - we do not really care about the results, 
+# the intention of the test is to ensure that the athena configuration
+# for our setup is not broken 
+TestFile="/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/Tier0ChainTests/q221/22.0/v1/myAOD.pool.root"
+
+# Run the standalone valdiation options, with additional plots enabled to ensure we also test the command line arg mechanism
+athena --filesInput ${TestFile} InDetPhysValMonitoring/InDetPhysValMonitoring_topOptions.py - --doExpertPlots
+
+exit $?
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