diff --git a/interoptest/build_and_run.sh b/interoptest/build_and_run.sh
index cad57ca..3138c5c 100755
--- a/interoptest/build_and_run.sh
+++ b/interoptest/build_and_run.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@ set -e
 echo "Building containers.."
 skaffold build --profile travis-ci
 
+# Following is adapted from https://github.com/lawrencegripper/azurefrontdooringress/blob/master/scripts/startminikube_ci.sh
+
+# Install
+export CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER=true
+
+echo "--> Downloading minikube"
+curl -Lo kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+chmod +x kubectl && sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
+curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/0.30.0/minikube-linux-amd64
+chmod +x minikube && sudo mv minikube /usr/local/bin/
+
+echo "--> Starting minikube"
+sudo minikube start --vm-driver=none --bootstrapper=kubeadm --kubernetes-version=v1.12.0
+# Fix the kubectl context, as it's often stale.
+minikube update-context
+
+echo "--> Waiting for cluster to be usable"
+# Wait for Kubernetes to be up and ready.
+JSONPATH='{range .items[*]}{@.metadata.name}:{range @.status.conditions[*]}{@.type}={@.status};{end}{end}'; until kubectl get nodes -o jsonpath="$JSONPATH" 2>&1 | grep -q "Ready=True"; do sleep 1; done
+JSONPATH='{range .items[*]}{@.metadata.name}:{range @.status.conditions[*]}{@.type}={@.status};{end}{end}'; until kubectl -n kube-system get pods -lcomponent=kube-addon-manager -o jsonpath="$JSONPATH" 2>&1 | grep -q "Ready=True"; do sleep 1;echo "waiting for kube-addon-manager to be available"; kubectl get pods --all-namespaces; done
+JSONPATH='{range .items[*]}{@.metadata.name}:{range @.status.conditions[*]}{@.type}={@.status};{end}{end}'; until kubectl -n kube-system get pods -lk8s-app=kube-dns -o jsonpath="$
+
+echo "--> Get cluster details to check its running"
+kubectl cluster-info
+
 # Run the containers
 skaffold run
 sleep 60