diff --git a/main.pm b/main.pm
index 2bfcb0ca..0d19e884 100644
--- a/main.pm
+++ b/main.pm
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ sub load_postinstall_tests() {
         autotest::loadtest "tests/uefi_postinstall.pm";
     }
 
+    # console avc / crash check (desktops have specific tests for this)
+    if (!get_var("DESKTOP")) {
+        autotest::loadtest "tests/_console_avc_crash.pm";
+    }
+
     # generic post-install test load
     if (get_var("POSTINSTALL")) {
         my @pis = split(/ /, get_var("POSTINSTALL"));
diff --git a/tests/_console_avc_crash.pm b/tests/_console_avc_crash.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0b31634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_console_avc_crash.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use base "installedtest";
+use strict;
+use testapi;
+
+sub run {
+    my $self = shift;
+    $self->root_console(tty=>3);
+    # check there are no AVCs. We use ! because this returns 1
+    validate_script_output '! ausearch -m avc -ts yesterday 2>&1', sub { $_ =~ m/<no matches>/ };
+    # check there are no crashes
+    validate_script_output '! coredumpctl list 2>&1', sub { $_ =~ m/No coredumps found/ };
+}
+
+sub test_flags {
+    # without anything - rollback to 'lastgood' snapshot if failed
+    # 'fatal' - whole test suite is in danger if this fails
+    # 'milestone' - after this test succeeds, update 'lastgood'
+    # 'important' - if this fails, set the overall state to 'fail'
+    return {};
+}
+
+1;
+
+# vim: set sw=4 et: