diff --git a/ci-automation/ci-config.env b/ci-automation/ci-config.env
index 50d36577ec..cfacd06297 100644
--- a/ci-automation/ci-config.env
+++ b/ci-automation/ci-config.env
@@ -173,3 +173,9 @@ BRIGHTBOX_PARALLEL="${PARALLEL_TESTS:-1}"
 : ${HETZNER_arm64_LOCATION:="fsn1"}
 : ${HETZNER_amd64_LOCATION:="hel1"}
 HETZNER_PARALLEL="${PARALLEL_TESTS:-1}"
+
+# -- Akamai --
+: ${AKAMAI_IMAGE_NAME:='flatcar_production_akamai_image.bin.gz'}
+AKAMAI_PARALLEL="${PARALLEL_TESTS:-1}"
+AKAMAI_REGION="us-ord"
+AKAMAI_INSTANCE_TYPE="g6-standard-2"
diff --git a/ci-automation/garbage_collect.sh b/ci-automation/garbage_collect.sh
index 90e1df6601..bef1db3fc8 100644
--- a/ci-automation/garbage_collect.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/garbage_collect.sh
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ function _garbage_collect_impl() {
       --env VMWARE_ESX_CREDS \
       --env OPENSTACK_CREDS \
       --env BRIGHTBOX_CLIENT_ID --env BRIGHTBOX_CLIENT_SECRET \
+      --env AKAMAI_TOKEN \
       -w /work -v "$PWD":/work "${mantle_ref}" /work/ci-automation/garbage_collect_cloud.sh
 
     echo
diff --git a/ci-automation/garbage_collect_cloud.sh b/ci-automation/garbage_collect_cloud.sh
index a3e105ba9f..56d9191f67 100755
--- a/ci-automation/garbage_collect_cloud.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/garbage_collect_cloud.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore openstack gc --duration 6h \
   --config-file=<(echo "${OPENSTACK_CREDS}" | base64 --decode)
 timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore brightbox gc --duration 6h \
   --brightbox-client-id="${BRIGHTBOX_CLIENT_ID}" --brightbox-client-secret="${BRIGHTBOX_CLIENT_SECRET}"
+timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore akamai gc --duration 6h \
+  --akamai-token="${AKAMAI_TOKEN}"
 secret_to_file aws_credentials_config_file "${AWS_CREDENTIALS}"
 for channel in alpha beta stable lts; do
   for arch in amd64 arm64; do
diff --git a/ci-automation/vendor-testing/akamai.sh b/ci-automation/vendor-testing/akamai.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7d5b210035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-automation/vendor-testing/akamai.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2023 The Flatcar Maintainers.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Test execution script for Akamai vendor.
+# This script is supposed to run in the mantle container.
+
+source ci-automation/vendor_test.sh
+
+copy_from_buildcache "images/${CIA_ARCH}/${CIA_VERNUM}/${AKAMAI_IMAGE_NAME}" .
+
+kola_test_basename="ci-${CIA_VERNUM//[+.]/-}"
+
+# Upload the image on Akamai.
+IMAGE_ID=$(ore akamai \
+  --akamai-token="${AKAMAI_TOKEN}" \
+  --akamai-region="${AKAMAI_REGION}" \
+  create-image \
+  --name "${kola_test_basename}" \
+  --file="${AKAMAI_IMAGE_NAME}"
+)
+
+set -x
+
+timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 2h kola run \
+  --board="${CIA_ARCH}-usr" \
+  --parallel="${AKAMAI_PARALLEL}" \
+  --tapfile="${CIA_TAPFILE}" \
+  --channel="${CIA_CHANNEL}" \
+  --basename="${kola_test_basename}" \
+  --platform=akamai \
+  --akamai-token="${AKAMAI_TOKEN}" \
+  --akamai-type="${AKAMAI_INSTANCE_TYPE}" \
+  --akamai-region="${AKAMAI_REGION}" \
+  --akamai-image="${IMAGE_ID}" \
+  --image-version "${CIA_VERNUM}" \
+  "${@}"
+
+set +x