diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32b6401..ff2eafa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
 *.rpm
 node_modules/
 dist/
+cypress/support
 /*.spec
 /.vagrant
 package-lock.json
-Test*FAIL*
 bots/
-test/common/
 test/images/
 *.pot
 POTFILES*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6bd672c..91e04ab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ vm: $(VM_IMAGE)
 	echo $(VM_IMAGE)
 
 # run the browser integration tests; skip check for SELinux denials
-check: $(NODE_MODULES_TEST) $(VM_IMAGE) test/common
-	TEST_AUDIT_NO_SELINUX=1 test/check-application
+check: $(NODE_MODULES_TEST) $(VM_IMAGE)
+	npm run cypress
 
 # checkout Cockpit's bots/ directory for standard test VM images and API to launch them
 # must be from cockpit's master, as only that has current and existing images; but testvm.py API is stable
@@ -136,13 +136,6 @@ bots:
 	git checkout --force FETCH_HEAD -- bots/
 	git reset bots
 
-# checkout Cockpit's test API; this has no API stability guarantee, so check out a stable tag
-# when you start a new project, use the latest relese, and update it from time to time
-test/common:
-	git fetch --depth=1 https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit.git 176
-	git checkout --force FETCH_HEAD -- test/common
-	git reset test/common
-
 $(NODE_MODULES_TEST): package.json
 	npm install
 
diff --git a/cypress.json b/cypress.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27b453b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "defaultCommandTimeout": 10000,
+    "video": false
+}
diff --git a/cypress/integration/application.js b/cypress/integration/application.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca49840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/integration/application.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Use this for skipping the login page, i. e. all tests which do not test the login page itself
+const visit_opts = { auth: { username: 'admin', password: 'foobar' } };
+
+describe('Application', () => {
+    beforeEach('start VM', function () {
+        cy.task('startVM').then(url => Cypress.config('baseUrl', url));
+
+        // Programmatically enable the "Reuse my password for privileged tasks" option
+        cy.server({
+            onAnyRequest: function (route, proxy) {
+                proxy.xhr.setRequestHeader('X-Authorize',  'password');
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
+    afterEach('stop VM', function() {
+        cy.task('stopVM');
+    });
+
+    it('basic functionality', function () {
+        // cypress doesn't handle frames, so go to specific frame
+        cy.visit('/cockpit/@localhost/starter-kit/index.html', visit_opts)
+        // verify expected heading
+        cy.get('.container-fluid h2').should('contain', 'Starter Kit');
+        // verify expected host name
+        cy.task('runVM', 'cat /etc/hostname').then(out => {
+            cy.get('.container-fluid p').should('contain', 'Running on ' + out.trim());
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('test with German translations', function() {
+        cy.visit('/', visit_opts);
+
+        // change language in menu
+        cy.get('#content-user-name').click();
+        cy.get('.display-language-menu a').click();
+        cy.get('#display-language select').select('de-de');
+
+        // HACK: language switching in Chrome not working in current session (Cockpit issue #8160)
+        cy.on('uncaught:exception', (err, runnable) => {
+            cy.log("Uncaught exception:", err);
+            return false;
+        });
+
+        // menu label (from manifest) should be translated
+        cy.get('#display-language-select-button').click();
+        cy.get("#host-apps a[href='/starter-kit']").should('contain', 'Bausatz');
+
+        // page label (from js) should be translated
+        cy.visit('/cockpit/@localhost/starter-kit/index.html');
+        cy.get('.container-fluid p').should('contain', 'Läuft auf');
+    });
+
+})
diff --git a/cypress/plugins/index.js b/cypress/plugins/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cbbd40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+const child_process = require("child_process");
+
+var vm_proc, ssh_args, cockpit_url;
+
+// poor man's polling implementation
+function waitpid(pid) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        function check() {
+            try {
+                process.kill(pid);
+                // succeeds → process still exists, poll again
+                setTimeout(check, 50);
+            } catch(e) {
+                // ESRCH → process is gone
+                if (e.code == "ESRCH")
+                    resolve(null);
+                else
+                    throw e;
+            }
+        }
+
+        check();
+    });
+}
+
+module.exports = (on, config) => {
+    on("task", {
+        startVM: image => {
+            if (!image)
+                image = process.env.TEST_OS || "fedora-29";
+            // already running? happens when cypress restarts the test after visiting a baseUrl the first time
+            if (vm_proc)
+                return cockpit_url;
+
+            // no, start a new VM
+            return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                let proc = child_process.spawn("bots/machine/testvm.py", [image],
+                                               { stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "inherit"] });
+                let buf = "";
+                vm_proc = proc.pid;
+                proc.stdout.on("data", data => {
+                    buf += data.toString();
+                    if (buf.indexOf("\nRUNNING\n") > 0) {
+                        let lines = buf.split("\n");
+                        ssh_args = lines[0].split(" ").slice(1);
+                        cockpit_url = lines[1];
+                        resolve(cockpit_url);
+                    }
+                });
+                proc.on("error", err => reject (err));
+            });
+        },
+
+        stopVM: () => {
+            process.kill(vm_proc);
+            let p = waitpid(vm_proc);
+            p.then(() => { vm_proc = null; });
+            return p;
+        },
+
+        runVM: command => {
+            res = child_process.spawnSync("ssh", ssh_args.concat(command),
+                                          { stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "inherit"], encoding: "UTF-8" });
+            if (res.status)
+                throw new Error(`Command "${command} failed with code ${res.status}`);
+            return res.stdout;
+        }
+    });
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 43c1761..7a04bb5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "webpack",
     "eslint": "eslint --ext .jsx --ext .es6 src/",
-    "eslint:fix": "eslint --fix --ext .jsx --ext .es6 src/"
+    "eslint:fix": "eslint --fix --ext .jsx --ext .es6 src/",
+    "cypress": "cypress run",
+    "cypress:headed": "cypress run --headed"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.0.0",
@@ -17,10 +19,10 @@
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^9.0.0",
     "babel-loader": "^8.0.0",
-    "chrome-remote-interface": "^0.26.1",
     "compression-webpack-plugin": "^1.1.11",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^4.5.2",
     "css-loader": "^0.28.11",
+    "cypress": "^3.1.0",
     "eslint": "^5.4.0",
     "eslint-config-standard": "^11.0.0",
     "eslint-config-standard-react": "^6.0.0",
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@
     "jed": "^1.1.1",
     "po2json": "^0.4.5",
     "sass-loader": "^7.0.3",
-    "sizzle": "^2.3.3",
     "stdio": "^0.2.7",
     "webpack": "^4.17.1",
     "webpack-cli": "^3.1.0"
diff --git a/test/check-application b/test/check-application
deleted file mode 100755
index 40431e2..0000000
--- a/test/check-application
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-# Run this with --help to see available options for tracing and debugging
-# See https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/blob/master/test/common/testlib.py
-# "class Browser" and "class MachineCase" for the available API.
-
-import os
-import sys
-
-# import Cockpit's machinery for test VMs and its browser test API
-TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(TEST_DIR, "common"))
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(TEST_DIR), "bots/machine"))
-import testlib
-
-
-class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
-    def testBasic(self):
-        b = self.browser
-        m = self.machine
-
-        self.login_and_go("/starter-kit")
-        # verify expected heading
-        b.wait_present(".container-fluid h2")
-        b.wait_text(".container-fluid h2", "Starter Kit")
-
-        # verify expected host name
-        hostname = m.execute("hostname").strip()
-        b.wait_present(".container-fluid p")
-        b.wait_text(".container-fluid p", "Running on " + hostname)
-
-        # change language to German
-        b.switch_to_top()
-        b.click("#content-user-name")
-        b.click(".display-language-menu a")
-        b.wait_popup('display-language')
-        b.set_val("#display-language select", "de-de")
-        b.click("#display-language-select-button")
-        b.expect_load()
-        # HACK: work around language switching in Chrome not working in current session (Cockpit issue #8160)
-        b.reload(ignore_cache=True)
-        b.wait_present("#content")
-        # menu label (from manifest) should be translated
-        b.wait_text("#host-apps a[href='/starter-kit']", "Bausatz")
-
-        b.go("/starter-kit")
-        b.enter_page("/starter-kit")
-        # page label (from js) should be translated
-        b.wait_in_text(".container-fluid p", "Läuft auf")
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    testlib.test_main()