diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 293407a4..d44dd97e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ test-cpp:
 	cd build && ctest --no-compress-output -T Test -C RelWithDebInfo --output-on-failure
 	xsltproc .github/kokoro/ctest2junit.xsl build/Testing/*/Test.xml > build/cpp_test_results.xml
 
-.PHONY: test test-py test-cpp
+test-tools:
+	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.tools_tests
+
+.PHONY: test test-py test-cpp test-tools
 
 # Run HTML test
 # ------------------------
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ test-htmlgen:
 
 # Auto formatting of code.
 # ------------------------
-FORMAT_EXCLUDE = $(foreach x,$(ALL_EXCLUDE),-and -not -path './$(x)/*') -and -not -name *.bit
+FORMAT_EXCLUDE = $(foreach x,$(ALL_EXCLUDE),-and -not -path './$(x)/*') -and -not -name *.bit -and -not -name *.tar.gz
 
 CLANG_FORMAT ?= clang-format-5.0
 format-cpp:
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ WS_CMD = sed -i '\''s@\s\+$$@@g'\''
 # xargs later) is a file, and not a directory or link.  Also filters out .bit
 # files as these are the only binary files currently tracked by Git and we don't
 # want to inadvertently change these at all.
-WS_FILTER = [ -f {} -a ! -L {} ] && [[ {} != *.bit ]]
+WS_FILTER = [ -f {} -a ! -L {} ] && [[ {} != *.bit ]] && [[ {} != *.tar.gz ]]
 
 # For every file piped to $(WS_FORMAT) apply the filter and perform the command,
 # if a file does not match the filter, just returns true.
diff --git a/Makefile.tools_tests b/Makefile.tools_tests
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d315d1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.tools_tests
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+BITREAD = build/tools/bitread
+BITS2RBT = build/tools/bits2rbt/bits2rbt
+TEST_DATA_PATH = lib/test_data
+
+#FIXME Uncomment bits2rbt_bram_xc7 once https://github.com/SymbiFlow/prjxray/issues/1285 is fixed
+BITS2RBT_TESTS = bits2rbt_xc7 bits2rbt_bram_xc7
+
+TESTS = $(BITS2RBT_TESTS)
+
+bits2rbt_xc7_ARGS_1 = -part_file build/Series7/part.yaml -architecture Series7 -y -o build/xc7.bits -aux build/xc7.aux build/Series7/design.bit
+bits2rbt_xc7_ARGS_2 = -arch Series7 -aux build/xc7.aux -o build/xc7.rbt build/xc7.bits
+bits2rbt_xc7_TEST = diff <(tail -n +8 build/Series7/design.rbt) <(tail -n +8 build/xc7.rbt)
+
+bits2rbt_bram_xc7_ARGS_1 = -part_file build/Series7/part.yaml -architecture Series7 -y -o build/bram_xc7.bits -aux build/bram_xc7.aux build/Series7/bram.bit
+bits2rbt_bram_xc7_ARGS_2 = -arch Series7 -aux build/bram_xc7.aux -o build/bram_xc7.rbt build/bram_xc7.bits
+bits2rbt_bram_xc7_TEST = diff <(tail -n +8 build/Series7/bram.rbt) <(tail -n +8 build/bram_xc7.rbt)
+
+all: $(TESTS)
+
+test_data: $(TEST_DATA_PATH)/ToolsTestData.tar.gz
+	@echo "Unpacking test data"
+	tar -zxf $< -C build
+
+define bitread_test_tpl =
+$(1): $(2) $(3) test_data
+	@echo "Started test $(1)"
+	$(2) $$($(1)_ARGS_1) > /dev/null && $(3) $$($(1)_ARGS_2) > /dev/null && $$($(1)_TEST); \
+	RETVAL=$$$$? ; \
+	if [ $$$$RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then \
+		echo "$(1) PASS"; \
+		true; \
+	else \
+		echo "$(1) FAIL"; \
+		false; \
+	fi
+
+$(1)_clean:
+	rm -rf build/*.frm build/*.aux build/*.bits build/*.rbt
+
+endef
+$(foreach test,$(BITS2RBT_TESTS),$(eval $(call bitread_test_tpl,$(test),$(BITREAD),$(BITS2RBT))))
+
+clean: $(foreach test,$(TESTS),$(test)_clean)
+	@true
diff --git a/lib/test_data/ToolsTestData.tar.gz b/lib/test_data/ToolsTestData.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36c5b600
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