diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 KUNBUS GmbH
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
diff --git a/tests/dbus_middleware1/__init__.py b/tests/dbus_middleware1/__init__.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 KUNBUS GmbH
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+from os import environ
+
+# D-BUS needs a DISPLAY variable to work with the session bus
+environ["DISPLAY"] = ":0"
diff --git a/tests/dbus_middleware1/bus_provider.py b/tests/dbus_middleware1/bus_provider.py
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+++ b/tests/dbus_middleware1/bus_provider.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 KUNBUS GmbH
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+from time import sleep
+
+from tests.dbus_middleware1.fake_devices import PiControlDeviceMockup
+
+
+class TestBusProvider(PiControlDeviceMockup):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+
+        # Do not import things on top of the module. Some classes or functions need to be mocked up first.
+        from revpi_middleware.dbus_middleware1 import BusProvider
+
+        # Prepare the bus provider and start it
+        self.bp = BusProvider(
+            self.picontrol.name,
+            use_system_bus=False,
+        )
+        self.bp.start()
+
+        # Wait 5 seconds until the bus provider has started the main loop
+        counter = 50
+        while not self.bp.running and counter > 0:
+            counter -= 1
+            sleep(0.1)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.bp.stop()
+        self.bp.join(10.0)
+        if self.bp.is_alive():
+            raise RuntimeError("Bus provider thread is still running")
+
+        super().tearDown()
diff --git a/tests/dbus_middleware1/fake_devices.py b/tests/dbus_middleware1/fake_devices.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 KUNBUS GmbH
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+from ctypes import c_int
+from queue import Queue
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+IOCTL_QUEUE = Queue()
+
+
+class FakePiControlDevice:
+    IOCTL_RESET_DRIVER = 19212
+
+    def __init__(self, picontrol_device: str):
+        self._fh = NamedTemporaryFile("wb+", 0, prefix="fake_device_")
+        self.name = self._fh.name
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self._fh.close()
+
+    def reset_process_image(self):
+        self._fh.write(b"\x00" * 4096)
+        self._fh.seek(0)
+
+    def ioctl(self, request, arg=0) -> int:
+        if type(arg) is c_int:
+            arg = arg.value
+
+        if request == self.IOCTL_RESET_DRIVER:
+            pass
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError(f"Unknown IOCTL request: {request}")
+
+        IOCTL_QUEUE.put_nowait((request, arg))
+        return arg
+
+    def close(self):
+        self._fh.close()
+
+    def read(self, size):
+        return self._fh.read(size)
+
+    def seek(self, offset, whence):
+        self._fh.seek(offset, whence)
+
+    def write(self, buffer):
+        return self._fh.write(buffer)
+
+
+class PiControlDeviceMockup(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+
+        # Replace classes with mockup classes
+        import revpi_middleware.dbus_middleware1.process_image.interface_picontrol as test_helpers
+        test_helpers.PiControlIoctl = FakePiControlDevice
+
+        # Create a fake picontrol0 device
+        self.picontrol = FakePiControlDevice(picontrol_device="/dev/fake_device_0")
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.picontrol.close()
+        super().tearDown()