diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/test_pr.yml
index 844993f..1773ed0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_pr.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pytest -k test_basic
           python -m pytest -k test_zarr
+          python -m pytest -k test_docs
 
   dcam:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python }} (DCAM)
diff --git a/tests/test_docs.py b/tests/test_docs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e0bedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_docs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import atexit
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import re
+import logging
+import tempfile
+import pytest
+
+
+logging.getLogger("acquire").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
+
+DOCS_REPO = "https://github.com/acquire-project/acquire-docs"
+CODE_BLOCK = re.compile(r"```python\n(.*?)```", re.DOTALL)
+SKIP = {
+    "setup.md",  # has invalid syntax
+    "trigger.md",  # has some non-existant paths
+}
+
+
+def tutorials():
+    tmp_path = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp())
+    subprocess.check_call(["git", "clone", DOCS_REPO], cwd=str(tmp_path))
+    docs_path = tmp_path / "acquire-docs" / "docs"
+
+    tuts = []
+    if (get_started := docs_path / "get_started.md").exists():
+        tuts.append(get_started)
+    tuts.extend([fn for fn in docs_path.glob("tutorials/*.md") if fn.name not in SKIP])
+    tuts.sort()
+
+    @atexit.register
+    def cleanup():
+        shutil.rmtree(tmp_path, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    return tuts
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tutorial", tutorials(), ids=lambda x: x.name)
+def test_tutorials(tutorial: Path):
+    for code_block in CODE_BLOCK.finditer(tutorial.read_text()):
+        exec(code_block.group(1))