diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index d05791b..471411d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ jobs:
         go test ./...
         go test -c github.com/google/nftables
         sudo ./nftables.test -test.v -run_system_tests
+        go test -c github.com/google/nftables/integration
+        (cd integration && sudo ../integration.test -test.v -run_system_tests)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5b33ffc..a3c19cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ module github.com/google/nftables
 go 1.21
 
 require (
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.3-0.20250113171957-fbb4dce95f42
-	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20180720170159-13995c7128cc
+	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0
+	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index be7f332..133f8a1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.3-0.20250113171957-fbb4dce95f42 h1:A1Cq6Ysb0GM0
 github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.3-0.20250113171957-fbb4dce95f42/go.mod h1:BB4YCPDOzfy7FniQ/lxuYQ3dgmM2cZumHbK8RpTjN2o=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.0 h1:ilICZmJcQz70vrWVes1MFera4jGiWNocSkykwwoy3XI=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.5.0/go.mod h1:WkcBFfvyG8QENs5+hfQPl1X6Jpd2yeLIYgrGFmJiJxI=
-github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20180720170159-13995c7128cc h1:R83G5ikgLMxrBvLh22JhdfI8K6YXEPHx5P03Uu3DRs4=
-github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20180720170159-13995c7128cc/go.mod h1:ZjcWmFBXmLKZu9Nxj3WKYEafiSqer2rnvPr0en9UNpI=
+github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0 h1:X7l42GfcV4S6E4vHTsw48qbrV+9PVojNfIhZcwQdrZk=
+github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0/go.mod h1:i6NetklAujEcC6fK0JPjT8qSwWyO0HLn4UKG+hGqeJs=
+github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4 h1:Oeaw1EM2JMxD51g9uhtC0D7erkIjgmj8+JZc26m1YX8=
+github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4/go.mod h1:SpkAiCQRtJ6TvvxPnOSyH3BMl6unz3xZlaprSwhNNJM=
 golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 h1:74SYHlV8BIgHIFC/LrYkOGIwL19eTYXQ5wc6TBuO36I=
 golang.org/x/net v0.33.0/go.mod h1:HXLR5J+9DxmrqMwG9qjGCxZ+zKXxBru04zlTvWlWuN4=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 h1:5BMeUDZ7vkXGfEr1x9B4bRcTH4lpkTkpdh0T/J+qjbQ=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
diff --git a/integration/nft_test.go b/integration/nft_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14c7d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/nft_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+// Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/nftables"
+	"github.com/google/nftables/binaryutil"
+	"github.com/google/nftables/expr"
+	"github.com/google/nftables/internal/nftest"
+	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
+)
+
+var enableSysTests = flag.Bool("run_system_tests", false, "Run tests that operate against the live kernel")
+
+func ifname(n string) []byte {
+	b := make([]byte, 16)
+	copy(b, []byte(n+"\x00"))
+	return b
+}
+
+func TestNFTables(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		scriptPath    string
+		goCommands    func(t *testing.T, c *nftables.Conn)
+		expectFailure bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "AddTable",
+			scriptPath: "testdata/add_table.nft",
+			goCommands: func(t *testing.T, c *nftables.Conn) {
+				c.FlushRuleset()
+
+				c.AddTable(&nftables.Table{
+					Name:   "test-table",
+					Family: nftables.TableFamilyINet,
+				})
+
+				err := c.Flush()
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Error creating table: %v", err)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "AddChain",
+			scriptPath: "testdata/add_chain.nft",
+			goCommands: func(t *testing.T, c *nftables.Conn) {
+				c.FlushRuleset()
+
+				table := c.AddTable(&nftables.Table{
+					Name:   "test-table",
+					Family: nftables.TableFamilyINet,
+				})
+
+				c.AddChain(&nftables.Chain{
+					Name:     "test-chain",
+					Table:    table,
+					Hooknum:  nftables.ChainHookOutput,
+					Priority: nftables.ChainPriorityNATDest,
+					Type:     nftables.ChainTypeNAT,
+				})
+
+				err := c.Flush()
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Error creating table: %v", err)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "AddFlowtables",
+			scriptPath: "testdata/add_flowtables.nft",
+			goCommands: func(t *testing.T, c *nftables.Conn) {
+				devices := []string{"dummy0"}
+				c.FlushRuleset()
+				// add + delete + add for flushing all the table
+				table := c.AddTable(&nftables.Table{
+					Family: nftables.TableFamilyINet,
+					Name:   "test-table",
+				})
+
+				devicesSet := &nftables.Set{
+					Table:        table,
+					Name:         "test-set",
+					KeyType:      nftables.TypeIFName,
+					KeyByteOrder: binaryutil.NativeEndian,
+				}
+
+				elements := []nftables.SetElement{}
+				for _, dev := range devices {
+					elements = append(elements, nftables.SetElement{
+						Key: ifname(dev),
+					})
+				}
+
+				if err := c.AddSet(devicesSet, elements); err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("failed to add Set %s : %v", devicesSet.Name, err)
+				}
+
+				flowtable := &nftables.Flowtable{
+					Table:    table,
+					Name:     "test-flowtable",
+					Devices:  devices,
+					Hooknum:  nftables.FlowtableHookIngress,
+					Priority: nftables.FlowtablePriorityRef(5),
+				}
+				c.AddFlowtable(flowtable)
+
+				chain := c.AddChain(&nftables.Chain{
+					Name:     "test-chain",
+					Table:    table,
+					Type:     nftables.ChainTypeFilter,
+					Hooknum:  nftables.ChainHookForward,
+					Priority: nftables.ChainPriorityMangle,
+				})
+
+				c.AddRule(&nftables.Rule{
+					Table: table,
+					Chain: chain,
+					Exprs: []expr.Any{
+						&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyIIFNAME, SourceRegister: false, Register: 0x1},
+						&expr.Lookup{SourceRegister: 0x1, DestRegister: 0x0, IsDestRegSet: false, SetName: "test-set", Invert: true},
+						&expr.Verdict{Kind: expr.VerdictReturn},
+					},
+				})
+
+				c.AddRule(&nftables.Rule{
+					Table: table,
+					Chain: chain,
+					Exprs: []expr.Any{
+						&expr.Meta{Key: expr.MetaKeyOIFNAME, SourceRegister: false, Register: 0x1},
+						&expr.Lookup{SourceRegister: 0x1, DestRegister: 0x0, IsDestRegSet: false, SetName: "test-set", Invert: true},
+						&expr.Verdict{Kind: expr.VerdictReturn},
+					},
+				})
+
+				c.AddRule(&nftables.Rule{
+					Table: table,
+					Chain: chain,
+					Exprs: []expr.Any{
+						&expr.Ct{Register: 0x1, SourceRegister: false, Key: expr.CtKeySTATE, Direction: 0x0},
+						&expr.Bitwise{SourceRegister: 0x1, DestRegister: 0x1, Len: 0x4, Mask: binaryutil.NativeEndian.PutUint32(expr.CtStateBitESTABLISHED), Xor: binaryutil.NativeEndian.PutUint32(0)},
+						&expr.Cmp{Op: 0x1, Register: 0x1, Data: []uint8{0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}},
+						&expr.Ct{Register: 0x1, SourceRegister: false, Key: expr.CtKeyPKTS, Direction: 0x0},
+						&expr.Cmp{Op: expr.CmpOpGt, Register: 0x1, Data: binaryutil.NativeEndian.PutUint64(20)},
+						&expr.FlowOffload{Name: "test-flowtable"},
+						&expr.Counter{},
+					},
+				})
+
+				if err := c.Flush(); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Create a new network namespace to test these operations,
+			// and tear down the namespace at test completion.
+			c, newNS := nftest.OpenSystemConn(t, *enableSysTests)
+			defer nftest.CleanupSystemConn(t, newNS)
+
+			// Real interface must exist otherwise some nftables will fail
+			la := netlink.NewLinkAttrs()
+			la.Name = "dummy0"
+			dummy := &netlink.Dummy{LinkAttrs: la}
+			if err := netlink.LinkAdd(dummy); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			scriptOutput, err := applyNFTRuleset(tt.scriptPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to apply nftables script: %v\noutput:%s", err, scriptOutput)
+			}
+			if len(scriptOutput) > 0 {
+				t.Logf("nft output:\n%s", scriptOutput)
+			}
+
+			// Retrieve nftables state using nft
+			expectedOutput, err := listNFTRuleset()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to list nftables ruleset: %v\noutput:%s", err, expectedOutput)
+			}
+			t.Logf("Expected output:\n%s", expectedOutput)
+
+			// Program nftables using your Go code
+			if err := flushNFTRuleset(); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to flush nftables ruleset: %v", err)
+			}
+			tt.goCommands(t, c)
+
+			// Retrieve nftables state using nft
+			actualOutput, err := listNFTRuleset()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to list nftables ruleset: %v\noutput:%s", err, actualOutput)
+			}
+
+			t.Logf("Actual output:\n%s", actualOutput)
+
+			if expectedOutput != actualOutput {
+				t.Errorf("nftables ruleset mismatch:\n%s", cmp.Diff(expectedOutput, actualOutput))
+			}
+
+			if err := flushNFTRuleset(); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to flush nftables ruleset: %v", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func applyNFTRuleset(scriptPath string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("nft", "--debug=all", "-f", scriptPath)
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return string(out), err
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), nil
+}
+
+func listNFTRuleset() (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("nft", "list", "ruleset")
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return string(out), err
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), nil
+}
+
+func flushNFTRuleset() error {
+	cmd := exec.Command("nft", "flush", "ruleset")
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
diff --git a/integration/testdata/add_chain.nft b/integration/testdata/add_chain.nft
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27cbf70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/add_chain.nft
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+table inet test-table {
+        chain test-chain {
+                type nat hook output priority dstnat; policy accept;
+        }
+}
diff --git a/integration/testdata/add_flowtables.nft b/integration/testdata/add_flowtables.nft
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a30676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/add_flowtables.nft
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+table inet test-table {
+        set test-set {
+                type ifname
+                elements = { "dummy0" }
+        }
+
+        flowtable test-flowtable {
+                hook ingress priority filter + 5
+                devices = { dummy0 }
+        }
+
+        chain test-chain {
+                type filter hook forward priority mangle; policy accept;
+                iifname != @test-set return
+                oifname != @test-set return
+                ct state established ct packets > 20 flow add @test-flowtable counter packets 0 bytes 0
+        }
+}
diff --git a/integration/testdata/add_table.nft b/integration/testdata/add_table.nft
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c43f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/add_table.nft
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+table inet test-table {
+}