diff --git plugins/CMakeLists.txt plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bea62a97e..32a27dad9e 100644
--- plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(genericprojectmanager)
 
 # BEGIN: Runtimes
 add_subdirectory(android)
+add_subdirectory(craft)
 if (UNIX)
     add_subdirectory(docker)
     add_subdirectory(flatpak)
diff --git plugins/craft/CMakeLists.txt plugins/craft/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cf28b6c01
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kdevcraft\")
+
+declare_qt_logging_category(craftplugin_LOG_SRCS
+    TYPE PLUGIN
+    HEADER debug_craft.h
+    IDENTIFIER CRAFT
+    CATEGORY_BASENAME "craft"
+)
+
+#qt5_add_resources(craftplugin_SRCS kdevcraftplugin.qrc)
+kdevplatform_add_plugin(kdevcraft SOURCES craftplugin.cpp craftruntime.cpp ${craftplugin_LOG_SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(kdevcraft
+    KF5::CoreAddons
+    KDev::Interfaces
+    KDev::Util
+    KDev::OutputView
+    KDev::Project
+)
+
+if(BUILD_TESTING)
+    add_subdirectory(tests)
+endif()
diff --git plugins/craft/craftplugin.cpp plugins/craft/craftplugin.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c27e82a8b5
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/craftplugin.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+#include "craftplugin.h"
+#include "craftruntime.h"
+#include "debug_craft.h"
+
+#include <interfaces/icore.h>
+#include <interfaces/iproject.h>
+#include <interfaces/iprojectcontroller.h>
+#include <interfaces/iruntimecontroller.h>
+#include <interfaces/iuicontroller.h>
+
+#include <KParts/MainWindow>
+#include <KPluginFactory>
+#include <KLocalizedString>
+#include <KConfigGroup>
+#include <KMessageBox>
+
+K_PLUGIN_FACTORY_WITH_JSON(KDevCraftFactory, "kdevcraft.json", registerPlugin<CraftPlugin>();)
+
+using namespace KDevelop;
+
+CraftPlugin::CraftPlugin(QObject* parent, const QVariantList& /*args*/)
+    : IPlugin(QStringLiteral("kdevcraft"), parent), m_shouldAutoEnable(Uninitialized)
+{
+    const QString pythonExecutable = CraftRuntime::findPython();
+    if (pythonExecutable.isEmpty())
+        return;
+
+    // If KDevelop itself runs under Craft env, this plugin has nothing to do
+    if (qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("KDEROOT"))
+        return;
+
+    connect(ICore::self()->projectController(), &IProjectController::projectAboutToBeOpened, this,
+        [pythonExecutable, this](KDevelop::IProject* project) {
+            const QString craftRoot = CraftRuntime::findCraftRoot(project->path());
+
+            if (craftRoot.isEmpty())
+                return;
+
+            qCDebug(CRAFT) << "Found Craft root at" << craftRoot;
+
+            auto* runtime = m_runtimes.value(craftRoot, nullptr);
+
+            if (!runtime) {
+                runtime = new CraftRuntime(craftRoot, pythonExecutable);
+                ICore::self()->runtimeController()->addRuntimes(runtime);
+                m_runtimes.insert(craftRoot, runtime);
+            }
+
+            bool haveConfigEntry = project->projectConfiguration()->group("Project")
+                                           .entryMap().contains(QLatin1String("AutoEnableCraftRuntime"));
+
+            if (!haveConfigEntry && m_shouldAutoEnable == Uninitialized) {
+                const QString msgboxText =
+                    i18n("The project being loaded (%1) is detected to reside under a\n"
+                         "Craft root [%2] .\nDo you want to automatically switch to the Craft runtime?\n"
+                         "Note that this will switch the runtime for all projects in a session!",
+                         project->name(), craftRoot);
+
+                auto answer = KMessageBox::questionYesNo(ICore::self()->uiController()->activeMainWindow(), msgboxText);
+                m_shouldAutoEnable = answer == KMessageBox::Yes ? AutoEnable : DoNotAutoEnable;
+                project->projectConfiguration()->group("Project")
+                        .writeEntry("AutoEnableCraftRuntime", answer == KMessageBox::Yes);
+            }
+            else if (!haveConfigEntry)
+                project->projectConfiguration()->group("Project")
+                        .writeEntry("AutoEnableCraftRuntime", m_shouldAutoEnable == AutoEnable);
+            else
+                m_shouldAutoEnable =
+                    project->projectConfiguration()->group("Project")
+                            .readEntry("AutoEnableCraftRuntime", false)
+                                ? AutoEnable
+                                : DoNotAutoEnable ;
+
+            if (m_shouldAutoEnable == AutoEnable) {
+                qCDebug(CRAFT) << "Enabling Craft runtime at" << craftRoot << "with" << pythonExecutable;
+                ICore::self()->runtimeController()->setCurrentRuntime(runtime);
+            }
+        });
+}
+
+#include "craftplugin.moc"
diff --git plugins/craft/craftplugin.h plugins/craft/craftplugin.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62ef30b928
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/craftplugin.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+#ifndef CRAFTPLUGIN_H
+#define CRAFTPLUGIN_H
+
+#include <QHash>
+
+#include <interfaces/iplugin.h>
+
+class CraftRuntime;
+
+class CraftPlugin : public KDevelop::IPlugin
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    CraftPlugin(QObject* parent, const QVariantList& args);
+
+private:
+    QHash<QString, CraftRuntime*> m_runtimes;
+    enum {
+        DoNotAutoEnable,
+        AutoEnable,
+        Uninitialized
+    } m_shouldAutoEnable;
+};
+
+#endif // CRAFTPLUGIN_H
diff --git plugins/craft/craftruntime.cpp plugins/craft/craftruntime.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f30766e511
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/craftruntime.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+#include "craftruntime.h"
+#include "debug_craft.h"
+
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
+#include <QProcess>
+#include <KProcess>
+
+using namespace KDevelop;
+
+namespace {
+    auto craftSetupHelperRelativePath() { return QLatin1String{"/craft/bin/CraftSetupHelper.py"}; }
+}
+
+CraftRuntime::CraftRuntime(const QString& craftRoot, const QString& pythonExecutable)
+    : m_craftRoot(craftRoot), m_pythonExecutable(pythonExecutable)
+{
+    Q_ASSERT(!pythonExecutable.isEmpty());
+
+    m_watcher.addPath(craftRoot + craftSetupHelperRelativePath());
+
+    connect(&m_watcher, &QFileSystemWatcher::fileChanged, this, [this](const QString &path)
+    {
+        if (QFileInfo::exists(path)) {
+            refreshEnvCache();
+            if (!m_watcher.files().contains(path)) {
+                m_watcher.addPath(path);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    refreshEnvCache();
+}
+
+QString CraftRuntime::name() const
+{
+    return QStringLiteral("Craft [%1]").arg(m_craftRoot);
+}
+
+QString CraftRuntime::findCraftRoot(Path startingPoint)
+{
+    // CraftRuntime doesn't handle remote directories, because it needs
+    // to check file existence in the findCraftRoot() function
+    if (startingPoint.isRemote())
+        return QString();
+
+    QString craftRoot;
+    while(true) {
+        bool craftSettingsIniExists = QFileInfo::exists(startingPoint.path() + QLatin1String("/etc/CraftSettings.ini"));
+        bool craftSetupHelperExists = QFileInfo::exists(startingPoint.path() + craftSetupHelperRelativePath());
+        if (craftSettingsIniExists && craftSetupHelperExists) {
+            craftRoot = startingPoint.path();
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (!startingPoint.hasParent())
+            break;
+        startingPoint = startingPoint.parent();
+    }
+
+    return QFileInfo(craftRoot).canonicalFilePath();
+}
+
+QString CraftRuntime::findPython()
+{
+    // Craft requires Python 3.6+, not any "python3", but
+    // - If the user set up Craft already, there is a high probability that
+    //   "python3" is a correct one
+    // - We are running only CraftSetupHelper.py, not the whole Craft, so
+    //   the 3.6+ requirement might be not relevant for this case.
+    // So just search for "python3" and hope for the best.
+    return QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("python3"));
+}
+
+void CraftRuntime::setEnabled(bool /*enabled*/)
+{
+}
+
+void CraftRuntime::refreshEnvCache()
+{
+    QProcess python;
+    python.start(m_pythonExecutable, QStringList{m_craftRoot + craftSetupHelperRelativePath(), QStringLiteral("--getenv")});
+
+    if(!python.waitForFinished(5000)) {
+        qCWarning(CRAFT) << "CraftSetupHelper.py execution timed out";
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (python.exitStatus() != QProcess::NormalExit) {
+        qCWarning(CRAFT) << "CraftSetupHelper.py execution failed with code" << python.exitCode();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    m_envCache.clear();
+
+    const QList<QByteArray> output = python.readAllStandardOutput().split('\n');
+    for (const auto& line : output) {
+        // line contains things like "VAR=VALUE"
+        int equalsSignIndex = line.indexOf('=');
+        if (equalsSignIndex == -1)
+            continue;
+
+        QByteArray varName = line.left(equalsSignIndex);
+        QByteArray value = line.mid(equalsSignIndex + 1);
+        m_envCache.emplace_back(varName, value);
+    }
+}
+
+QByteArray CraftRuntime::getenv(const QByteArray& varname) const
+{
+    auto it = std::find_if(m_envCache.begin(), m_envCache.end(),
+                           [&varname](const EnvironmentVariable& envVar)
+    {
+        return envVar.name == varname;
+    });
+
+    return it != m_envCache.end() ? it->value : QByteArray();
+}
+
+QString CraftRuntime::findExecutable(const QString& executableName) const
+{
+    auto runtimePaths = QString::fromLocal8Bit(getenv(QByteArrayLiteral("PATH"))).split(QLatin1Char(':'));
+
+    return QStandardPaths::findExecutable(executableName, runtimePaths);
+}
+
+Path CraftRuntime::pathInHost(const Path& runtimePath) const
+{
+    return runtimePath;
+}
+
+Path CraftRuntime::pathInRuntime(const Path& localPath) const
+{
+    return localPath;
+}
+
+void CraftRuntime::startProcess(KProcess* process) const
+{
+    QStringList program = process->program();
+    QString executableInRuntime = findExecutable(program.constFirst());
+    if (executableInRuntime != program.constFirst()) {
+        program.first() = std::move(executableInRuntime);
+        process->setProgram(program);
+    }
+    setEnvironmentVariables(process);
+    process->start();
+}
+
+void CraftRuntime::startProcess(QProcess* process) const
+{
+    QString executableInRuntime = findExecutable(process->program());
+    process->setProgram(executableInRuntime);
+    setEnvironmentVariables(process);
+    process->start();
+}
+
+void CraftRuntime::setEnvironmentVariables(QProcess* process) const
+{
+    auto env = process->processEnvironment();
+
+    for(const auto& envVar : m_envCache) {
+        env.insert(QString::fromLocal8Bit(envVar.name), QString::fromLocal8Bit(envVar.value));
+    }
+
+    process->setProcessEnvironment(env);
+}
+
+EnvironmentVariable::EnvironmentVariable(const QByteArray& name, const QByteArray& value)
+    : name(name.trimmed()), value(value)
+{
+}
diff --git plugins/craft/craftruntime.h plugins/craft/craftruntime.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c23ee0246e
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/craftruntime.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+#ifndef CRAFTRUNTIME_H
+#define CRAFTRUNTIME_H
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QFileSystemWatcher>
+#include <interfaces/iruntime.h>
+#include <util/path.h>
+
+class QProcess;
+
+namespace KDevelop {
+    class IProject;
+}
+
+// An auxiliary structure to hold normalized name and value of an env var
+struct EnvironmentVariable {
+    EnvironmentVariable(const QByteArray& name, const QByteArray& value);
+
+    QByteArray name;
+    QByteArray value;
+};
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(EnvironmentVariable, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
+
+
+class CraftRuntime : public KDevelop::IRuntime
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    CraftRuntime(const QString& craftRoot, const QString& pythonExecutable);
+
+    QString name() const override;
+
+    void setEnabled(bool enabled) override;
+
+    void startProcess(KProcess* process) const override;
+    void startProcess(QProcess* process) const override;
+    KDevelop::Path pathInHost(const KDevelop::Path& runtimePath) const override;
+    KDevelop::Path pathInRuntime(const KDevelop::Path& localPath) const override;
+    QString findExecutable(const QString& executableName) const override;
+    QByteArray getenv(const QByteArray& varname) const override;
+
+    KDevelop::Path buildPath() const override { return {}; }
+
+    static QString findCraftRoot(KDevelop::Path startingPoint);
+    static QString findPython();
+
+private:
+    void setEnvironmentVariables(QProcess* process) const;
+    void refreshEnvCache();
+
+    const QString m_craftRoot;
+    const QString m_pythonExecutable;
+    QFileSystemWatcher m_watcher;
+    std::vector<EnvironmentVariable> m_envCache;
+};
+
+#endif // CRAFTRUNTIME_H
diff --git plugins/craft/kdevcraft.json plugins/craft/kdevcraft.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd05794c23
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/kdevcraft.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "KPlugin": {
+        "Authors": [
+            {
+                "Email": "arrowd@FreeBSD.org",
+                "Name": "Gleb Popov",
+                "Name[ru]": "Глеб Попов"
+            }
+        ],
+        "Category": "Runtimes",
+        "Description": "Exposes KDE Craft environment as a runtime",
+        "Description[ru]": "Представляет среду KDE Craft как среду выполнения KDevelop",
+        "Icon": "kdevelop",
+        "Id": "kdevcraft",
+        "License": "BSD3",
+        "Name": "Craft runtime",
+        "Name[ru]": "Поддержка Craft",
+        "Version": "0.1"
+    },
+    "X-KDevelop-Category": "Global",
+    "X-KDevelop-Mode": "GUI"
+}
diff --git plugins/craft/tests/CMakeLists.txt plugins/craft/tests/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ed8f32d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+include_directories(
+    ..
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..
+)
+
+set(test_craftruntime_SRCS
+    test_craftruntime.cpp
+    ../craftruntime.cpp
+    ${craftplugin_LOG_SRCS}
+)
+
+ecm_add_test(${test_craftruntime_SRCS}
+    TEST_NAME test_craftruntime
+    LINK_LIBRARIES Qt5::Test KDev::Tests)
+
+target_compile_definitions(test_craftruntime PRIVATE -DCRAFT_ROOT_MOCK="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/craft_root_mock")
diff --git plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/bin/env plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/bin/env
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..630848fc56
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/bin/env
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+
+for var in os.environ:
+    print(var + "=" + os.environ[var])
diff --git plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/bin/printenv plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/bin/printenv
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..375a1945e4
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/bin/printenv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+print("PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3/site-packages")
+print("BAD LINE")
+print("FOO=")
diff --git plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/craft/bin/CraftSetupHelper.py plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/craft/bin/CraftSetupHelper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ae643b89b
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/craft/bin/CraftSetupHelper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+root = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/../../")
+
+if "--getenv" in sys.argv:
+    print("KDEROOT=" + root)
+    print("PYTHONPATH=" + root + "/lib/site-packages")
+    print("PATH=" + root + "/bin:" + os.environ["PATH"])
diff --git plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/etc/CraftSettings.ini plugins/craft/tests/craft_root_mock/etc/CraftSettings.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git plugins/craft/tests/test_craftruntime.cpp plugins/craft/tests/test_craftruntime.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ede259d0e2
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/tests/test_craftruntime.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+#include "test_craftruntime.h"
+
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QProcess>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
+#include <QTest>
+
+#include <KIO/CopyJob>
+#include <KProcess>
+
+#include <tests/testcore.h>
+#include <tests/testhelpers.h>
+
+#include "../craftruntime.h"
+
+using namespace KDevelop;
+
+QTEST_MAIN(CraftRuntimeTest)
+
+class TempDirWrapper
+{
+public:
+    TempDirWrapper() = default;
+    TempDirWrapper(const QString& craftRoot, const QString& pythonExecutable)
+        : m_tempCraftRoot(new QTemporaryDir())
+    {
+        QVERIFY(m_tempCraftRoot->isValid());
+        copyCraftRoot(craftRoot);
+        m_runtime = std::make_shared<CraftRuntime>(m_tempCraftRoot->path(), pythonExecutable);
+    }
+
+    QString path() const
+    {
+        QVERIFY_RETURN(m_tempCraftRoot, QString());
+        return m_tempCraftRoot->path();
+    }
+
+    CraftRuntime* operator->() const
+    {
+        QVERIFY_RETURN(m_runtime, nullptr);
+        return m_runtime.get();
+    }
+private:
+    void copyCraftRoot(const QString& oldRoot) const {
+        const QLatin1String craftSettingsRelativePath("/etc/CraftSettings.ini");
+        const QDir dest(m_tempCraftRoot->path());
+
+        auto* job = KIO::copy(QUrl::fromLocalFile(oldRoot + QLatin1String("/craft")),
+                              QUrl::fromLocalFile(dest.path()));
+        QVERIFY(job->exec());
+
+        QVERIFY(dest.mkpath(QLatin1String("bin")));
+        QVERIFY(dest.mkpath(QLatin1String("etc")));
+
+        QVERIFY(QFile::copy(oldRoot + craftSettingsRelativePath,
+                            dest.path() + craftSettingsRelativePath));
+    }
+    std::shared_ptr<CraftRuntime> m_runtime;
+    std::shared_ptr<QTemporaryDir> m_tempCraftRoot;
+};
+
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(TempDirWrapper)
+
+// When this test itself is ran under a Craft root, its environment gets in the way
+static void breakoutFromCraftRoot() {
+    auto craftRoot = qgetenv("KDEROOT");
+    if (craftRoot.isEmpty())
+        return;
+
+    auto paths = qgetenv("PATH").split(':');
+    std::remove_if(paths.begin(), paths.end(), [craftRoot](const QByteArray& path) {
+        return path.startsWith(craftRoot);
+    });
+    qputenv("PATH", paths.join(':'));
+
+    qunsetenv("KDEROOT");
+    qunsetenv("craftRoot");
+}
+
+void CraftRuntimeTest::initTestCase_data()
+{
+    breakoutFromCraftRoot();
+
+    const QString pythonExecutable = CraftRuntime::findPython();
+    if (pythonExecutable.isEmpty())
+        QSKIP("No python found, skipping kdevcraft tests.");
+
+    QTest::addColumn<TempDirWrapper>("runtimeInstance");
+
+    QTest::newRow("Mock") << TempDirWrapper(QStringLiteral(CRAFT_ROOT_MOCK), pythonExecutable);
+
+    auto craftRoot = CraftRuntime::findCraftRoot(Path(QStringLiteral(".")));
+    if (!craftRoot.isEmpty())
+        QTest::newRow("Real") << TempDirWrapper(craftRoot, pythonExecutable);
+}
+
+void CraftRuntimeTest::testFindCraftRoot()
+{
+    QFETCH_GLOBAL(TempDirWrapper, runtimeInstance);
+    QCOMPARE(CraftRuntime::findCraftRoot(Path(runtimeInstance.path())), runtimeInstance.path());
+    QCOMPARE(CraftRuntime::findCraftRoot(Path(runtimeInstance.path()).cd(QStringLiteral("bin"))), runtimeInstance.path());
+}
+
+void CraftRuntimeTest::testGetenv()
+{
+    QFETCH_GLOBAL(TempDirWrapper, runtimeInstance);
+
+    QVERIFY(!runtimeInstance->getenv("KDEROOT").isEmpty());
+
+    QDir craftDir1 = QDir(QString::fromLocal8Bit(runtimeInstance->getenv("KDEROOT")));
+    QDir craftDir2 = QDir(runtimeInstance.path());
+    QCOMPARE(craftDir1.canonicalPath(), craftDir2.canonicalPath());
+
+    QString pythonpathValue = QString::fromLocal8Bit(runtimeInstance->getenv("PYTHONPATH"));
+    QVERIFY(!pythonpathValue.isEmpty());
+    QDir craftPythonPathDir = QDir(pythonpathValue);
+
+    QVERIFY(craftPythonPathDir.path().startsWith(craftDir1.path()));
+}
+
+void CraftRuntimeTest::testStartProcess()
+{
+    QFETCH_GLOBAL(TempDirWrapper, runtimeInstance);
+
+    QString envPath = QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("env"));
+    if (envPath.isEmpty())
+        QSKIP("Skipping startProcess() test, no \"env\" executable found");
+
+    QString envUnderCraftPath = runtimeInstance.path() + QStringLiteral("/bin/env");
+    QVERIFY(QFile::copy(envPath, envUnderCraftPath));
+
+    QProcess p;
+    p.setProgram(QStringLiteral("env"));
+    runtimeInstance->startProcess(&p);
+
+    // test that CraftRuntime::startProcess prefers programs under Craft root
+    QCOMPARE(QDir(p.program()).canonicalPath(), QDir(envUnderCraftPath).canonicalPath());
+
+    p.waitForFinished();
+    QVERIFY(QFile::remove(envUnderCraftPath));
+}
+
+void CraftRuntimeTest::testStartProcessEnv()
+{
+    QFETCH_GLOBAL(TempDirWrapper, runtimeInstance);
+
+    QString printenvPath = QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("printenv"));
+    if (printenvPath.isEmpty())
+        QSKIP("Skipping startProcess() test, no \"printenv\" executable found");
+
+    QString printenvUnderCraftPath = runtimeInstance.path() + QStringLiteral("/bin/printenv");
+    QVERIFY(QFile::copy(printenvPath, printenvUnderCraftPath));
+
+    KProcess p;
+    p.setProgram(QStringLiteral("printenv"), QStringList {QStringLiteral("PYTHONPATH")});
+    p.setOutputChannelMode(KProcess::OnlyStdoutChannel);
+    runtimeInstance->startProcess(&p);
+    p.waitForFinished();
+
+    QVERIFY(p.readAllStandardOutput().contains("site-packages"));
+}
diff --git plugins/craft/tests/test_craftruntime.h plugins/craft/tests/test_craftruntime.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5a470f946
--- /dev/null
+++ plugins/craft/tests/test_craftruntime.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+#ifndef KDEVPLATFORM_PLUGIN_TEST_CRAFTRUNTIME_H
+#define KDEVPLATFORM_PLUGIN_TEST_CRAFTRUNTIME_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+class CraftRuntimeTest: public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    void initTestCase_data();
+    void testFindCraftRoot();
+    void testGetenv();
+    void testStartProcess();
+    void testStartProcessEnv();
+};
+
+#endif // KDEVPLATFORM_PLUGIN_TEST_CRAFTRUNTIME_H