diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0071b28c4be9..fdf5a62934d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -650,9 +650,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
  "similar",
  "smallvec",
  "target-lexicon",
+ "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "toml",
  "walkdir",
diff --git a/cranelift/filetests/Cargo.toml b/cranelift/filetests/Cargo.toml
index 262520bacd1c..82176f4170a7 100644
--- a/cranelift/filetests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cranelift/filetests/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ anyhow = { workspace = true }
 similar = { workspace = true }
 wat.workspace = true
 toml = { workspace = true }
-serde = { workspace = true }
+serde.workspace = true
 serde_derive = { workspace = true }
 cranelift-wasm.workspace = true
 wasmparser.workspace = true
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ smallvec = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
 wasmtime = { workspace = true, features = ["cranelift"] }
 walkdir = { workspace = true }
+tempfile.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
diff --git a/cranelift/filetests/src/lib.rs b/cranelift/filetests/src/lib.rs
index 24d3e48050dd..726521a5d518 100644
--- a/cranelift/filetests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cranelift/filetests/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ mod match_directive;
 mod runner;
 mod runone;
 mod subtest;
+mod zkasm_runner;
 
 mod test_alias_analysis;
 mod test_cat;
diff --git a/cranelift/filetests/src/test_zkasm.rs b/cranelift/filetests/src/test_zkasm.rs
index 0029b28a52e6..e2937569631c 100644
--- a/cranelift/filetests/src/test_zkasm.rs
+++ b/cranelift/filetests/src/test_zkasm.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ mod tests {
     use walkdir::WalkDir;
     use wasmtime::*;
 
+    use crate::zkasm_runner::run_zkasm;
+
     fn setup() {
         let _ = env_logger::builder().is_test(true).try_init();
     }
@@ -380,6 +382,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .join(format!("generated/{name}.zkasm"))];
             let result = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
                 let program = generate_zkasm(&module_binary);
+                run_zkasm(&program).unwrap();
                 expected.assert_eq(&program);
             });
             if let Err(err) = result {
diff --git a/cranelift/filetests/src/zkasm_runner.rs b/cranelift/filetests/src/zkasm_runner.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44966e803cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cranelift/filetests/src/zkasm_runner.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+use serde_derive::Deserialize;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::task::Wake;
+use tempfile::{NamedTempFile, TempDir};
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct Counters {
+    cnt_arith: String,
+    cnt_binary: String,
+    cnt_keccak_f: String,
+    cnt_mem_align: String,
+    cnt_steps: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct ExecutionResult {
+    path: String,
+    status: String,
+    counters: Option<Counters>,
+}
+
+pub fn run_zkasm(contents: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<ExecutionResult>> {
+    let tmp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
+    let zkasm_file = tmp_dir.path().join("code.zkasm");
+    std::fs::write(&zkasm_file, contents)?;
+    run_zkasm_path(&zkasm_file)
+}
+
+pub fn run_zkasm_path(input_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<ExecutionResult>> {
+    let dir_path = if input_path.is_dir() {
+        input_path
+    } else {
+        input_path.parent().unwrap()
+    };
+    std::fs::create_dir(dir_path.join("helpers"))?;
+    let helpers_file = dir_path.join("helpers/2-exp.zkasm");
+    std::fs::write(
+        helpers_file,
+        include_str!("../../zkasm_data/generated/helpers/2-exp.zkasm"),
+    )?;
+
+    let mut output_file = NamedTempFile::new()?;
+    let output = std::process::Command::new("npm")
+        .args([
+            "--prefix",
+            "../../tests/zkasm",
+            "test",
+            input_path.to_str().unwrap(),
+            output_file.path().to_str().unwrap(),
+        ])
+        .output()?;
+    let mut buf = String::new();
+    output_file.read_to_string(&mut buf)?;
+    if buf.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(Vec::new());
+    }
+    let execution_results = serde_json::from_str(&buf)?;
+    Ok(execution_results)
+}