diff --git a/.github/workflows/everything.yml b/.github/workflows/everything.yml
index 4a9d52a574..a2eb4a60de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/everything.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/everything.yml
@@ -448,18 +448,19 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        code: [lammps]
+        code: [lammps, tau]
         include:
           - code: lammps
             repo: pnorbert/lammps
             ref: fix-deprecated-adios-init
-
+          - code: tau
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -c "docker exec adios2-ci bash --login -e $(echo {0} | sed 's|/home/runner/work|/__w|g')"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: ${{ matrix.repo != '' }}
         with:
           repository: ${{ matrix.repo }}
           ref: ${{ matrix.ref }}
diff --git a/testing/contract/tau/build.sh b/testing/contract/tau/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0290ec8f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/tau/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+source $(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE}))/setup.sh
+
+cmake --build ${build_dir} -j8
diff --git a/testing/contract/tau/config.sh b/testing/contract/tau/config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a89b2deece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/tau/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+source $(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE}))/setup.sh
+
+mkdir -p ${build_dir}
+cd ${build_dir}
+
+cmake \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${install_dir} \
+  ${source_dir}
diff --git a/testing/contract/tau/depends.sh b/testing/contract/tau/depends.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cc790fd48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/tau/depends.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+sudo /opt/spack/bin/spack install -v tau ~fortran ~papi ~pdt ~otf2
diff --git a/testing/contract/tau/install.sh b/testing/contract/tau/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f319d25356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/tau/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+source $(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE}))/setup.sh
+
+cmake --install ${build_dir}
diff --git a/testing/contract/tau/setup.sh b/testing/contract/tau/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d79a4d9ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/tau/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+source_dir="/opt/adios2/source/examples/basics/variablesShapes"
+build_dir=$(readlink -f ${PWD})/build
+install_dir=$(readlink -f ${PWD})/install
+test_dir=$(readlink -f ${PWD})/test
+
+echo "source_dir  = \"${source_dir}\""
+echo "build_dir   = \"${build_dir}\""
+echo "install_dir = \"${install_dir}\""
+echo "test_dir    = \"${test_dir}\""
+
+module load tau
diff --git a/testing/contract/tau/test.sh b/testing/contract/tau/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a696145de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/tau/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+source $(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE}))/setup.sh
+
+mkdir -p ${test_dir}
+cd ${test_dir}
+
+TAU=$(spack location -i tau)/bin/tau_exec
+
+mpiexec -np 2 ${TAU} ${install_dir}/bin/adios2_basics_variablesShapes
+
+[ ! -f profile.0.0.0 ] || [ ! -s profile.0.0.0 ] && { echo "Error: file profile.0.0.0 not found or empty"; exit 1; }
+[ ! -f profile.1.0.0 ] || [ ! -s profile.1.0.0 ] && { echo "Error: file profile.1.0.0 not found or empty"; exit 1; }
+
+cat profile.0.0.0
+cat profile.1.0.0