diff --git a/test/infra/docker-base/Dockerfile b/test/infra/docker-base/Dockerfile
index cc77f62d6..eb7fb434a 100755
--- a/test/infra/docker-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/infra/docker-base/Dockerfile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && \
     python3-yaml \
     python3-packaging \
     python3-structlog \
+    sysbench \
     php-cli \
     php-mysql \
     lcov \
diff --git a/test/tap/groups/basictests/env.sh b/test/tap/groups/basictests/env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dfb7538d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tap/groups/basictests/env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Basictests Group Environment
+# Runs Python-based functional tests: sysbench benchmark, change-user, failover.
+# No ProxySQL cluster needed.
+
+export DEFAULT_MYSQL_INFRA="infra-mysql57"
+
+# No cluster
+export SKIP_CLUSTER_START=1
+
+# Test selection
+export TEST_PY_BENCHMARK=1
+export TEST_PY_CHUSER=1
+export TEST_PY_FAILOVER=1
+
+# Disable everything else
+export TEST_PY_INTERNAL=0
+export TEST_PY_STATS=0
+export TEST_PY_TAP=0
+export TEST_PY_TAPINT=0
+export TEST_PY_WARMING=0
+export TEST_PY_READONLY=0
diff --git a/test/tap/groups/basictests/infras.lst b/test/tap/groups/basictests/infras.lst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51f5b953a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tap/groups/basictests/infras.lst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+infra-mysql57