diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ccb1a98e..4c3cb819 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
       fqcn: 'middleware_automation/wildfly'
       root_permission_varname: 'wildfly_install_requires_become'
       molecule_tests: >-
-        [ "default", "prospero", "yaml_config_validation", "install_options", "colocated_cluster", "custom_config_file", "temurinjdk_support", "app_deploy_standalone", "wildfly_migration", "uninstall" ]
+        [ "default", "prospero", "yaml_config_validation", "install_options", "install_systemd_jdk", "colocated_cluster", "custom_config_file", "temurinjdk_support", "app_deploy_standalone", "wildfly_migration", "uninstall" ]
diff --git a/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/converge.yml b/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/converge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3c279f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/converge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+- import_playbook: ../../playbooks/playbook.yml
+  vars:
+    wildfly_java_version: 17
+    wildfly_java_package_name: "java-17-openjdk-headless"
+    wildfly_validation_debug: True
+    wildfly_systemd_wait_for_timeout: 120
+    wildfly_systemd_wait_for_delay: 5
diff --git a/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/molecule.yml b/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/molecule.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c10bc9c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/molecule.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+provisioner:
+  name: ansible
+  config_options:
+    defaults:
+      interpreter_python: auto_silent
+      bin_ansible_callbacks: true
+      callbacks_enabled: junit
+    ssh_connection:
+      pipelining: false
+  playbooks:
+    prepare: ../prepare.yml
+    converge: converge.yml
+    verify: verify.yml
+  inventory:
+    links:
+      group_vars: ../group_vars
+    group_vars:
+      all:
+        molecule_scenario_requires_app: true
+  env:
+    JUNIT_OUTPUT_DIR: "$PWD/junit"
+    JUNIT_HIDE_TASK_ARGUMENTS: yes
+    JUNIT_TASK_RELATIVE_PATH: "$PWD"
+    JUNIT_TASK_CLASS: "true"
+    JUNIT_REPLACE_OUT_OF_TREE_PATH: ""
+    ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "true"
+    ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS: "~/.ansible/collections/"
+    ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH: "../../roles"
+
+verifier:
+  name: ansible
+  options:
+    sudo: true
+
+scenario:
+  test_sequence:
+    - cleanup
+    - destroy
+    - syntax
+    - create
+    - prepare
+    - converge
+    - idempotence
+    - side_effect
+    - verify
+    - cleanup
+    - destroy
diff --git a/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/vars.yml b/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/vars.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..348b0c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/vars.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+wildfly_java_version: 17
+wildfly_validation_debug: True
diff --git a/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/verify.yml b/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/verify.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20886a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/install_systemd_jdk/verify.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- name: Verify jdk installation
+  hosts: all
+  vars_files:
+    - vars.yml
+    - ../group_vars/all/vars.yml
+  tasks:
+    - name: "Verify that state is consistent"
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: ../verify_jdk_scenario.yml
diff --git a/molecule/verify_jdk_scenario.yml b/molecule/verify_jdk_scenario.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4857a568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/verify_jdk_scenario.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+- name: "Ensure required parameters are provided."
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - wildfly_java_version is defined
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: "Verify that state is consistent"
+  ansible.builtin.import_role:
+    name: wildfly_validation
+
+- name: "Verify WildFly log contains correct Java"
+  become: "{{ wildfly_install_requires_become | default(true) }}"
+  block:
+    - ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: cat {{ wildfly_validation_logfile_path_to_logfile }}
+      become: "{{ wildfly_install_requires_become | default(true) }}"
+      changed_when: False
+      register: command_output
+
+    - ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        java_from_log: "{{ command_output.stdout | regex_search('^\\s*java.home\\s*=.*$', multiline=True) }}"
+
+    - name: "Compute regex search rule"
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        regex_pattern: "^\\s*java.home\\s*=\\s*.*/java-{{ wildfly_java_version }}-openjdk.*$"
+
+    - ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        expected_java_from_log: "{{ java_from_log | regex_search(regex_pattern, multiline=True) }}"
+    - ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: java_from_log
+      when:
+        - wildfly_validation_debug is defined
+    - ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: expected_java_from_log
+      when:
+        - wildfly_validation_debug is defined
+    - ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - expected_java_from_log is defined
+          - expected_java_from_log != ''