diff --git a/sbin/run_integration_test.sh b/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
index 7375bce8acb469bf3cabb13def038dfef268c56d..f795e982dde815b793062803d97f6028ec106eee 100755
--- a/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
+++ b/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ cd "$LOFAR20_DIR/docker-compose" || exit 1
 make build device-sdp device-recv device-sst device-unb2 device-xst
 make build sdptr-sim recv-sim unb2-sim apsct-sim apspu-sim
 make build databaseds dsconfig elk integration-test
+make build archiver-timescale hdbppts-cm hdbppts-es
 
 # Start and stop sequence
-make stop device-boot device-docker device-apsct device-apspu device-sdp device-recv device-sst device-unb2 device-xst device-beam sdptr-sim recv-sim unb2-sim apsct-sim apspu-sim
+make stop device-boot device-docker device-apsct device-apspu device-sdp device-recv device-sst device-unb2 device-xst device-beam sdptr-sim recv-sim unb2-sim apsct-sim apspu-sim hdbppts-es hdbppts-cm archiver-timescale
 make start databaseds dsconfig elk
 
 # Give dsconfig and databaseds time to start
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ make start sdptr-sim recv-sim unb2-sim apsct-sim apspu-sim
 sleep 5
 
 make start device-boot device-apsct device-apspu device-sdp device-recv device-sst device-unb2 device-xst device-beam
+make start archiver-timescale hdbppts-cm hdbppts-es # starting order is important
 
 # Give devices time to restart
 # TODO(Corne Lukken): Use a nicer more reliable mechanism
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/toolkit/test_archiver.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/toolkit/test_archiver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ce3f1cac741098e7fa2beeb764a6cb863f8af9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/integration_test/toolkit/test_archiver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of the LOFAR 2.0 Station Software
+#
+#
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the APACHE license.
+# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
+
+from tangostationcontrol.integration_test.base import BaseIntegrationTestCase
+from tangostationcontrol.tangostationcontrol.toolkit.archiver import Archiver
+
+class TestArchiver(BaseIntegrationTestCase):
+    
+    def test_archiver_initialisation(self):
+        """Test archiver main attributes"""
+        self.archiver = Archiver()
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.archiver)
+        self.assertEqual(self.archiver.cm_name,"archiving/hdbppts/confmanager01")
+        self.assertTrue(len(self.archiver.es_list))  # subscribers list not empty
+    
+    def test_hdbpp_library(self):
+        """Test if the correct hdbpp library is retrieved (TimescaleDB)"""
+        cm_name = self.archiver.cm_name
+        self.assertEqual('libhdb++timescale.so', self.archiver.get_hdbpp_libname(cm_name))
+    
+    def test_next_subscriber(self):
+        """Test if there is an available subscriber"""
+        self.assertIsNotNone(self.archiver.get_next_subscriber())
+    
+    def test_archiver_configuration(self):
+        """Test archiver configuration file"""
+        config_dict = self.archiver.get_configuration()
+        self.assertIsNotNone(config_dict)