diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 *.csv
+*.dump
 *.egg*
 *.log
+*.mypy*
 *.prof
 *.zip
 *.orig
 *.bak
-.coverage
+.coverage*
 .tox
 .vscode
 __pycache__
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 mongodb_fixture_dir = swh/provenance/tests/data/mongo
 mongodb_engine = mongomock
 mongodb_dbname = test
+
+postgresql_postgres_options = -N 500
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pytest
 pytest-mongodb
+pytest-rabbitmq
 swh.loader.git >= 0.8
 swh.journal >= 0.8
diff --git a/swh/provenance/tests/conftest.py b/swh/provenance/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/provenance/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/provenance/tests/conftest.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     return postgresql.get_dsn_parameters()
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(params=["mongodb", "postgresql"])
+@pytest.fixture(params=["mongodb", "postgresql", "rabbitmq"])
 def provenance_storage(
     request: SubRequest,
     provenance_postgresqldb: Dict[str, str],
@@ -63,6 +63,28 @@
         ) as storage:
             yield storage
 
+    elif request.param == "rabbitmq":
+        from swh.provenance.api.server import ProvenanceStorageRabbitMQServer
+
+        rabbitmq = request.getfixturevalue("rabbitmq")
+        host = rabbitmq.args["host"]
+        port = rabbitmq.args["port"]
+        rabbitmq_params: Dict[str, Any] = {
+            "url": f"amqp://guest:guest@{host}:{port}/%2f",
+            "storage_config": {
+                "cls": "postgresql",  # TODO: also test with underlying mongodb storage
+                "db": provenance_postgresqldb,
+                "raise_on_commit": True,
+            },
+        }
+        server = ProvenanceStorageRabbitMQServer(
+            url=rabbitmq_params["url"], storage_config=rabbitmq_params["storage_config"]
+        )
+        server.start()
+        with get_provenance_storage(cls=request.param, **rabbitmq_params) as storage:
+            yield storage
+        server.stop()
+
     else:
         # in test sessions, we DO want to raise any exception occurring at commit time
         with get_provenance_storage(
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist=black,flake8,mypy,py3
+envlist = black,flake8,mypy,py3
 
 [testenv]
 extras =
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
          {envsitepackagesdir}/swh/provenance \
          --cov={envsitepackagesdir}/swh/provenance \
          --cov-branch {posargs}
+passenv = HOME  # required by pytest-rabbitmq
 
 [testenv:black]
 skip_install = true