diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 49e6ca85e4e3a5a9ededdab74384f20afaefd427..32a5057360d9af50d2a6e10b57bba452b826a795 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5484,6 +5484,7 @@ SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cep4/os/utc.test -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cep4/packages/iperf.test -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cep4/packages/jenkins-reqs.test -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cep4/qpid/no_auth.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cep4/slurm/available.test -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cluster/c3/cexec -text
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cluster/connectivity/cobalt2cep.test eol=lf
 SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cluster/connectivity/cobalt2cobalt.test eol=lf
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cep4/slurm/available.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cep4/slurm/available.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9b7a190d6f5d5be379806278493c0c6683563089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/cep4/slurm/available.test
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+sinfo || exit 1