diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index cbca4ae41e..60aaf51cd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
     - name: Run a maturin build
-      run: cd ./bindings/pylibafl && maturin build
+      run: cd ./bindings/pylibafl && python3 -m venv .env && . .env/bin/activate && maturin develop && ./test.sh
+    - name: Run python test
+      run: . ./bindings/pylibafl/.env/bin/activate && cd ./fuzzers/baby_fuzzer && python3 baby_fuzzer.py | grep "Bye"
 
   fuzzers:
     strategy:
diff --git a/bindings/pylibafl/test.py b/bindings/pylibafl/test.py
index 01e72f7489..ecfe35ec90 100644
--- a/bindings/pylibafl/test.py
+++ b/bindings/pylibafl/test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 from pylibafl.libafl import *
 import ctypes
+import platform
+
+MAP_SIZE = 4096
 
 
 class FooObserver(BaseObserver):
@@ -33,11 +36,16 @@ class FooExecutor(BaseExecutor):
         return (self.h)(input)
 
 
-libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
+if platform.system() == "Darwin":
+    libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.dylib")
+else:
+    libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
 
-area_ptr = libc.calloc(1, 4096)
+# Get a buffer to use for our map observer
+libc.calloc.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
+area_ptr = libc.calloc(1, MAP_SIZE)
 
-observer = StdMapObserverI8("mymap", area_ptr, 4096)
+observer = StdMapObserverI8("mymap", area_ptr, MAP_SIZE)
 
 m = observer.as_map_observer()
 
@@ -69,7 +77,12 @@ mgr = SimpleEventManager(monitor.as_monitor())
 
 
 def harness(buf) -> ExitKind:
+    """
+    The harness fn that the fuzzer will execute in a loop
+    """
     # print(buf)
+
+    # set the observer map byte from python
     m[0] = 1
     if len(buf) > 0 and buf[0] == ord("a"):
         m[1] = 1
@@ -91,4 +104,6 @@ stage_tuple_list = StagesTuple([stage.as_stage()])
 
 fuzzer.add_input(state, executor.as_executor(), mgr.as_manager(), b"\0\0")
 
+print("Starting to fuzz from python!")
+
 fuzzer.fuzz_loop(executor.as_executor(), state, mgr.as_manager(), stage_tuple_list)
diff --git a/bindings/pylibafl/test.sh b/bindings/pylibafl/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..720488b14c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/pylibafl/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+timeout 10 python3 ./test.py
+export exit_code=$?
+if [ $exit_code -eq 124 ]; then
+  # 124 = timeout happened. All good.
+  exit 0
+else
+  exit $exit_code
+fi
+