diff --git a/repos/gems/run/depot_autopilot.run b/repos/gems/run/depot_autopilot.run
index ad02980d8e..3842b6df8d 100644
--- a/repos/gems/run/depot_autopilot.run
+++ b/repos/gems/run/depot_autopilot.run
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ set default_test_pkgs {
test-rm_nested
test-rm_stress
test-rom_filter
+ test-sandbox
test-sanitizer
test-sequence
test-signal
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/README b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3626ebf729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Test for the sandbox API.
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/archives b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/archives
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..238e69113e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/archives
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+_/src/test-sandbox
+_/src/sandbox
+_/src/dummy
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/hash b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6737a3068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2021-02-22 cc4749a3d3510e63bdf5fca9802542967440a2ab
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/runtime b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/runtime
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcfd65dfdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-sandbox/runtime
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
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+ version="5"
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diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/src/test-sandbox/content.mk b/repos/os/recipes/src/test-sandbox/content.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0be23ab29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/src/test-sandbox/content.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SRC_DIR = src/test/sandbox
+include $(GENODE_DIR)/repos/base/recipes/src/content.inc
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/src/test-sandbox/hash b/repos/os/recipes/src/test-sandbox/hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7161734248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/src/test-sandbox/hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2021-02-22 865698ec41736b17083468d64a5af96f24229408
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/src/test-sandbox/used_apis b/repos/os/recipes/src/test-sandbox/used_apis
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a7f09b08d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/src/test-sandbox/used_apis
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+base
+os
+timer_session
diff --git a/repos/os/run/sandbox.run b/repos/os/run/sandbox.run
deleted file mode 100644
index 930231e6c6..0000000000
--- a/repos/os/run/sandbox.run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-build "core init timer test/sandbox app/dummy"
-
-create_boot_directory
-
-install_config {
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-}
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-build_boot_image { core ld.lib.so init timer test-sandbox sandbox.lib.so dummy }
-
-append qemu_args " -nographic "
-
-run_genode_until "version=\"5\".*\n" 20