diff --git a/.ci/cloudbuild.test.examples.yaml b/.ci/cloudbuild.test.examples.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52e27387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/cloudbuild.test.examples.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# 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
+#
+#     https://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.
+
+steps:
+  - name: python:3-alpine
+    id: prepare
+    entrypoint: sh
+    args:
+      - -c
+      - |
+        python -m pip install --user --no-warn-script-location -r tests/requirements.txt &&
+        wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${_TERRAFORM_VERSION}/terraform_${_TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip &&
+        unzip terraform_${_TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip -d /builder/home/.local/bin &&
+        rm terraform_${_TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip &&
+        chmod 755 /builder/home/.local/bin/terraform &&
+        mkdir -p /workspace/.terraform.d/plugin-cache
+  # TODO(ludoo): add a step that detects change files and sets tests to run
+  - name: python:3-alpine
+    id: test-examples
+    entrypoint: pytest
+    args:
+      - -vv
+      - tests/modules/examples
+    env:
+      - PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/builder/home/.local/bin
+      - TF_CLI_CONFIG_FILE=/workspace/.ci/.terraformrc
+
+substitutions:
+  _TERRAFORM_VERSION: 0.13.3
+
+tags:
+  - "ci"
+  - "test"
diff --git a/.ci/cloudbuild.test.yaml b/.ci/cloudbuild.test.yaml
index d1945de5..6d89178e 100644
--- a/.ci/cloudbuild.test.yaml
+++ b/.ci/cloudbuild.test.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ steps:
     entrypoint: pytest
     args:
       - -vv
+      - --ignore tests/modules/examples
       - tests/modules
     env:
       - PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/builder/home/.local/bin