diff --git a/.buildkite/acceptance.sh b/.buildkite/acceptance.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da88a65b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/acceptance.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+echo "--- Download dependencies"
+make vendor
+
+echo "--- Run acceptance tests"
+EC_API_KEY=$TERRAFORM_PROVIDER_API_KEY_SECRET make testacc
diff --git a/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command b/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command
index 71a3fc2ea..bdf58ea54 100644
--- a/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command
+++ b/.buildkite/hooks/pre-command
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+#Mimic Jenkins behavior during the migration
+export BUILD_ID=$BUILDKITE_BUILD_ID
+
 VAULT_PATH=secret/ci/elastic-terraform-provider-ec/terraform-provider-secrets
 
 # Secrets must be redacted
 # https://buildkite.com/docs/pipelines/managing-log-output#redacted-environment-variables
+if [[ "$BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG" == "terraform-provider-ec-acceptance" ]]; then
+  export TERRAFORM_PROVIDER_API_KEY_SECRET=$(scripts/retry.sh 5 vault kv get -field apikey ${VAULT_PATH})
+fi
 
 if [[ "$BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG" == "terraform-provider-ec-release" ]]; then
   export GPG_PRIVATE_SECRET=$(scripts/retry.sh 5 vault kv get -field gpg_private ${VAULT_PATH})
diff --git a/.buildkite/hooks/pre-exit b/.buildkite/hooks/pre-exit
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db6fbbcaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/hooks/pre-exit
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if  [[ "$BUILDKITE_STEP_KEY" == "acceptance-tests" ]]; then
+  echo "--- Sweeps any deployments older than 1h."
+  EC_API_KEY=$TERRAFORM_PROVIDER_API_KEY_SECRET SWEEPARGS=-sweep-run=ec_deployments make sweep
+  rm -rf reports bin
+fi
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 904c4fca7..2cbd26d3d
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 steps:
-  - label: ":wave: Greetings"
-    command: "echo 'My first pipeline!'"
+  - label: ":test_tube: Acceptance tests"
+    command: .buildkite/acceptance.sh
+    agents:
+      image: "docker.io/library/golang:1.21"
+      cpu: "8"
+      memory: "4G"
diff --git a/catalog-info.yaml b/catalog-info.yaml
index 91dfe2915..3316694a0 100644
--- a/catalog-info.yaml
+++ b/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Resource
 metadata:
-  name: buildkite-pipeline-terraform-provider-ec
-  description: Buildkite Pipeline for terraform-provider-ec
+  name: buildkite-pipeline-terraform-provider-ec-acceptance
+  description: Buildkite Pipeline for terraform-provider-ec acceptance tests
   links:
     - title: Pipeline
       url: https://buildkite.com/elastic/terraform-provider-ec
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ spec:
     apiVersion: buildkite.elastic.dev/v1
     kind: Pipeline
     metadata:
-      name: terraform-provider-ec
+      name: terraform-provider-ec-acceptance
     spec:
       repository: elastic/terraform-provider-ec
       pipeline_file: ".buildkite/pipeline.yml"
----
+
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/elasticmachine/988b80dae436cafea07d9a4a460a011d/raw/rre.schema.json
 apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Resource