diff --git a/test/config/integration_tests.yml b/test/config/integration_tests.yml
index 171b06d766..b8f681ecd2 100644
--- a/test/config/integration_tests.yml
+++ b/test/config/integration_tests.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ testCases:
   validator:
     class: NnicliValidator
 
+- name: foreground
+  configFile: test/config/examples/sklearn-regression.yml
+  launchCommand: python3 nni_test/nnitest/foreground.py --config $configFile --timeout 45
+  stopCommand:
+  experimentStatusCheck: False
+
 # Experiment resume test part 1
 - name: nnictl-resume-1
   configFile: test/config/examples/sklearn-regression.yml
diff --git a/test/nni_test/nnitest/foreground.py b/test/nni_test/nnitest/foreground.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bfe6c173b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nni_test/nnitest/foreground.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT license.
+
+import subprocess
+import argparse
+import time
+import shlex
+import signal
+
+def test_foreground(args):
+    launch_command = 'nnictl create --config {} --foreground'.format(args.config)
+    print('nnictl foreground launch command: ', launch_command, flush=True)
+
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(launch_command))
+
+    time.sleep(args.timeout)
+    proc.send_signal(signal.SIGINT)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--config", type=str, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=45)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    test_foreground(args)