diff --git a/client/.dockerignore b/client/.dockerignore
index fc3abfcdd..df8f09d58 100644
--- a/client/.dockerignore
+++ b/client/.dockerignore
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ __pycache__
 .pytest_cache
 .idea
 .mypy_cache
-examples
 node_modules
 .coverage
diff --git a/client/README.md b/client/README.md
index c7f8a8c57..56a470bfb 100644
--- a/client/README.md
+++ b/client/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ the distribution-specific commands to install these are:
 * Red Hat-based distros: `sudo yum install python38 python38-pip` (for e.g. Python
   3.8)
 
+### GCP
+
+You need the Google Cloud CLI client `gcloud` installed. [Read installation
+steps for the `gcloud` CLI package.](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install)
+
+You need to have credentials configured locally for a GCP user with suitable
+permissions to perform batch translation. [Read how `gcloud` searches for
+application default credentials.](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/application-default-credentials)
+
+You need a GCP project and a Google Cloud Storage bucket to use for uploading
+your input SQL files and downloading the translated output. [Learn how to
+create a GCS bucket manually][creating buckets], or see the [instructions for
+using `provision.sh`](#running-using-runsh) to automatically provision a
+bucket for translation.
+
 ### Support for Encodings other than UTF-8
 
 If all of the files you wish to translate are UTF-8 encoded
@@ -54,7 +69,7 @@ If all of the files you wish to translate are UTF-8 encoded
 Otherwise, you will need to install additional system dependencies:
 
 * Debian-based distros: `sudo apt install pkg-config libicu-dev`
-* RedHat-based distros: `sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ libicu-devel
+* Red Hat-based distros: `sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ libicu-devel
   python38-devel`
 
 **You must also remember**, upon reaching the step to `pip install` further down
@@ -64,14 +79,6 @@ in the Quickstart section below, to use this command instead:
 pip install ../dwh-migration-tools/client[icu]
 ```
 
-### GCP
-
-You need a GCP project and a Google Cloud Storage bucket to use for uploading
-your input SQL files and downloading the translated output. [Learn how to
-create a GCS bucket manually][creating buckets], or see the [instructions for
-using `provision.sh`](#running-using-runsh) to automatically provision a
-bucket for translation.
-
 ## Quickstart
 
 1. Download the repo from [google/dwh-migration-tools] in your choice of 
diff --git a/client/tests/packaging/Dockerfile-RedHat b/client/tests/packaging/Dockerfile-RedHat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..094a03d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tests/packaging/Dockerfile-RedHat
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+FROM redhat/ubi9
+
+# See https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install
+COPY tests/packaging/redhat-google-cloud-sdk.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/google-cloud-sdk.repo
+RUN dnf install -y \
+    google-cloud-cli \
+    python3 \
+    python3-pip
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
+COPY . /workspace/dwh-migration-tools/client
+COPY examples/teradata/sql /workspace/project
+
+ARG ICU_ENABLED=false
+RUN if [ "$ICU_ENABLED" = "true" ]; then \
+        dnf install -y \
+            gcc \
+            gcc-c++ \
+            libicu-devel \
+            python3-devel \
+        && python3 -m pip install dwh-migration-tools/client[icu] ; \
+    else \
+        python3 -m pip install dwh-migration-tools/client ; \
+    fi
+
+RUN dnf clean all -y && rm -rf /var/cache
+WORKDIR /workspace/project
+ENV BQMS_VERBOSE="True"
+ENV BQMS_MULTITHREADED="True"
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/workspace/project/run.sh" ]
diff --git a/client/tests/packaging/Dockerfile-Ubuntu b/client/tests/packaging/Dockerfile-Ubuntu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc8594c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tests/packaging/Dockerfile-Ubuntu
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y \
+    curl \
+    python3-pip
+# See https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install
+RUN echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" \
+    | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list && curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg \
+    | apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg add - \
+    && apt-get update -y \
+    && apt-get install -y google-cloud-cli
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
+COPY . /workspace/dwh-migration-tools/client
+COPY examples/teradata/sql /workspace/project
+
+ARG ICU_ENABLED=false
+RUN if [ "$ICU_ENABLED" = "true" ]; then \
+        apt-get install -y \
+            libicu-dev \
+            pkg-config \
+        && python3 -m pip install dwh-migration-tools/client[icu] ; \
+    else \
+        python3 -m pip install dwh-migration-tools/client ; \
+    fi
+
+RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+WORKDIR /workspace/project
+ENV BQMS_VERBOSE="True"
+ENV BQMS_MULTITHREADED="True"
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/workspace/project/run.sh" ]
diff --git a/client/tests/packaging/redhat-google-cloud-sdk.repo b/client/tests/packaging/redhat-google-cloud-sdk.repo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0bc693d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tests/packaging/redhat-google-cloud-sdk.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[google-cloud-cli]
+name=Google Cloud CLI
+baseurl=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/repos/cloud-sdk-el9-x86_64
+enabled=1
+gpgcheck=1
+repo_gpgcheck=0
+gpgkey=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/rpm-package-key.gpg
diff --git a/client/tests/packaging/run-packaging-tests.sh b/client/tests/packaging/run-packaging-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..aa3115944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tests/packaging/run-packaging-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+for BASE_OS in RedHat Ubuntu; do
+   for ICU_ENABLED in false true; do
+        docker build \
+            -t dwh-migration-tools-test \
+            -f Dockerfile-$BASE_OS \
+            --build-arg ICU_ENABLED=$ICU_ENABLED \
+            ../..
+        docker run -it --rm \
+            -v ~/.config/gcloud:/root/.config/gcloud \
+            -e BQMS_PROJECT=$BQMS_PROJECT \
+            -e BQMS_GCS_BUCKET=$BQMS_GCS_BUCKET \
+            dwh-migration-tools-test
+   done
+done