diff --git a/test/charts/nr_backend/Chart.yaml b/test/charts/nr_backend/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d07e2908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/charts/nr_backend/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: nrdot-nr-backend
+description: A Helm chart for deploying an nrdot collector as a DaemonSet writing to New Relic
+version: 0.2.0
+appVersion: "1.0"
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diff --git a/test/charts/nr_backend/templates/collector-secrets.yaml b/test/charts/nr_backend/templates/collector-secrets.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fcafb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/charts/nr_backend/templates/collector-secrets.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: collector-secrets
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  backendUrl: {{ .Values.secrets.nrBackendUrl | b64enc }}
+  nrIngestKey: {{ .Values.secrets.nrIngestKey | b64enc }}
diff --git a/test/charts/nr_backend/templates/daemonset.yaml b/test/charts/nr_backend/templates/daemonset.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2620e75f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/charts/nr_backend/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: &app nrdot-collector-daemonset
+  labels:
+    app: *app
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: *app
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: *app
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: *app
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: "{{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}"
+          ports:
+            - name: health
+              containerPort: 13133
+          env:
+            - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: collector-secrets
+                  key: backendUrl
+            - name: NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: collector-secrets
+                  key: nrIngestKey
+            - name: KUBE_NODE_NAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+            - name: OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES
+              value: "host.name={{ .Values.collector.hostname }}-$(KUBE_NODE_NAME)"
diff --git a/test/charts/nr_backend/values.yaml b/test/charts/nr_backend/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40e700ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/charts/nr_backend/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+image:
+  repository: newrelic/nrdot-collector-host
+  tag: latest
+  # Avoid accidentally pulling remote images in CI
+  pullPolicy: Never
+
+secrets:
+  nrBackendUrl: PLACEHOLDER
+  nrIngestKey: PLACEHOLDER
+
+collector:
+  hostname: nrdot-collector-default-hostname
+
+clusterName: default-cluster-name
diff --git a/test/terraform/nightly/main.tf b/test/terraform/nightly/main.tf
index b77a70c6..9e186f01 100644
--- a/test/terraform/nightly/main.tf
+++ b/test/terraform/nightly/main.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 locals {
-  test_spec                                       = yamldecode(file("${path.module}/../../../distributions/${var.distro}/spec-nightly.yaml"))
+  test_spec                                       = yamldecode(file("${path.module}/../../../distributions/${var.distro}/test/spec-nightly.yaml"))
   ec2_enabled                                     = local.test_spec.nightly.ec2.enabled
   chart_name                                      = local.test_spec.nightly.collectorChart.name
   chart_version                                   = local.test_spec.nightly.collectorChart.version