diff --git a/localinstall/Containerfile b/localinstall/Containerfile
index 2fb255c9..a2e1787a 100644
--- a/localinstall/Containerfile
+++ b/localinstall/Containerfile
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ RUN groupadd -g ${GROUP_ID} kernelci || true && \
 RUN usermod -aG sudo kernelci && \
     echo "kernelci ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
 
+# Install secondary dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    gettext \
+    jq
+
 USER kernelci
 WORKDIR /home/kernelci
 
diff --git a/localinstall/config/lava-boards-template.yaml b/localinstall/config/lava-boards-template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d60f7221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localinstall/config/lava-boards-template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+masters:
+  - name: lava-master-local
+    host: local
+    users:
+      - name: ${LAVA_USER}
+        password: ${LAVA_PASSWORD}
+        token: admin-token
+        superuser: true
+        staff: true
+    tokens:
+      - username: ${LAVA_USER}
+        token: ${LAVA_TOKEN}
+        description: ${LAVA_TOKEN_DESCRIPTION}
+    write_dot_env: True
+    webinterface_port: 10070
+slaves:
+  - name: lava-slave-local
+    host: local
+    remote_master: lava-master-local
+    remote_user: ${LAVA_USER}
+    use_docker: true
+
+boards:
+  - name: qemu-01
+    type: qemu
+
diff --git a/localinstall/config/main.cfg b/localinstall/config/main.cfg
index 7178c952..e3f8f635 100755
--- a/localinstall/config/main.cfg
+++ b/localinstall/config/main.cfg
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ KCI_API_REPO=https://github.com/kernelci/kernelci-api
 KCI_API_BRANCH=staging.kernelci.org
 KCI_PIPELINE_REPO=https://github.com/kernelci/kernelci-pipeline
 KCI_PIPELINE_BRANCH=staging.kernelci.org
+KCI_LAVA_REPO=https://github.com/BayLibre/lava-docker.git
+KCI_LAVA_BRANCH=master
 YOUR_EMAIL=denys.f@collabora.com
 ADMIN_PASSWORD="Ch4n93m3HpL33z"
 STORAGE_TOKEN="FKDFLKJFLKDJFLK"
+LAVA_USER="admin"
+LAVA_PASSWORD="admin"
+LAVA_TOKEN="local-kernelci-token"
+LAVA_TOKEN_DESCRIPTION="local-kernelci-token-description"
+KCI_INSTANCE="local"
+KCI_INSTANCE_CALLBACK="http://172.17.0.1:8100"
 #KCI_CACHE=1
diff --git a/localinstall/scripts/1-rebuild_all.sh b/localinstall/scripts/1-rebuild_all.sh
index 9978e96d..2bd21e42 100755
--- a/localinstall/scripts/1-rebuild_all.sh
+++ b/localinstall/scripts/1-rebuild_all.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ if [ ! -d kernelci ]; then
     git fetch origin
     git checkout origin/$KCI_PIPELINE_BRANCH
     cd ..
+
+    echo Clone LAVA repo
+    git clone $KCI_LAVA_REPO
+    cd lava-docker
+    git fetch origin
+    git checkout origin/$KCI_LAVA_BRANCH
+    cd ..
 else
     cd kernelci
 fi
diff --git a/localinstall/scripts/5-prepare_lava.sh b/localinstall/scripts/5-prepare_lava.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c4a5168c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localinstall/scripts/5-prepare_lava.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Export vars for envsubst
+set -a
+. ./config/main.cfg
+set +a
+
+set -e
+
+# Set LAVA secrets
+envsubst < config/lava-boards-template.yaml > config/out/lava-boards.yaml
+
+# Copy config files
+cp config/out/lava-boards.yaml kernelci/lava-docker/boards.yaml
+
+cd kernelci/lava-docker
+
+# generate docker-compose file
+./lavalab-gen.sh
+
+# Build the Docker images
+cd output/local
+docker compose build
diff --git a/localinstall/scripts/6-start_lava.sh b/localinstall/scripts/6-start_lava.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..56b760a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localinstall/scripts/6-start_lava.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./config/main.cfg
+
+set -e
+
+cd kernelci/lava-docker
+
+cd output/local
+docker compose down
+docker compose up -d
+
+echo "Waiting for LAVA master to be up"
+sleep 15
+# loop until LAVA master is up, try 5 times
+i=0
+while [ $i -lt 5 ]; do
+    if curl -s --fail http://localhost:10070/api/v0.2/system/ > /dev/null; then
+        echo "LAVA master is up!"
+        break
+    else
+        echo "LAVA master not ready yet, retrying..."
+        sleep 5
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "Waiting for LAVA worker to be up"
+sleep 10
+# loop until LAVA worker is up, try 5 times
+i=0
+while [ $i -lt 5 ]; do
+    ANSWER=$(curl -s http://localhost:10070/api/v0.2/workers/)
+    # must contain "hostname": "lava-slave" and "state": "Online"
+    if echo "$ANSWER" | jq -e '.results[] | select(.hostname == "lava-slave-local" and .state == "Online")' >/dev/null; then
+        echo "LAVA worker 'lava-slave-local' is online"
+        break
+    else
+        echo "LAVA worker not ready yet, retrying..."
+        i=$((i+1))
+        sleep 5
+    fi
+done
+
diff --git a/localinstall/scripts/6-start_pipeline.sh b/localinstall/scripts/6-start_pipeline.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ad527016..00000000
--- a/localinstall/scripts/6-start_pipeline.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# is docker-compose exists? if not use docker compose
-if [ -z "$(which docker-compose)" ]; then
-    echo "docker-compose is not installed, using docker compose"
-    DOCKER_COMPOSE="docker compose"
-else
-    DOCKER_COMPOSE="docker-compose"
-fi
-
-. ./config/main.cfg
-
-set -e
-
-cd kernelci/kernelci-pipeline
-${DOCKER_COMPOSE} down
-${DOCKER_COMPOSE} up -d
-echo "You can view now logs of containers using docker logs -f <container_id> or docker-compose logs -f in kernelci/kernelci-pipeline or kernelci/kernelci-api directories"
-echo "Also you can do docker ps to see running containers, and in case of ongoing builds, you can view their logs too by docker logs -f <container_id>"
-echo "You can also open API viewer at http://127.0.0.1:8001/viewer"
diff --git a/localinstall/scripts/5-prepare_pipeline.sh b/localinstall/scripts/7-prepare_pipeline.sh
similarity index 85%
rename from localinstall/scripts/5-prepare_pipeline.sh
rename to localinstall/scripts/7-prepare_pipeline.sh
index 053a89c8..2f198535 100755
--- a/localinstall/scripts/5-prepare_pipeline.sh
+++ b/localinstall/scripts/7-prepare_pipeline.sh
@@ -71,24 +71,13 @@ if ! grep -q "force = 1" kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/config/kernelci.toml; then
     sed -i '/\[trigger\]/a force = 1' kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/config/kernelci.toml
 fi
 
-# remove from pipeline yaml all build_configs:
-sed -i '/build_configs:/,$d' kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/config/pipeline.yaml
-# add 
-cat <<EOF >> kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/config/pipeline.yaml
-build_configs:
-  kernelci_staging-stable:
-    tree: kernelci
-    branch: 'staging-stable'
-EOF
-
 #create .env
-#KCI_STORAGE_CREDENTIALS=L0CALT0KEN
-#KCI_API_TOKEN=
-#API_TOKEN=
 API_TOKEN=$(cat config/out/admin-token.txt)
 echo "KCI_STORAGE_CREDENTIALS=/home/kernelci/data/ssh/id_rsa_tarball" > .env
 echo "KCI_API_TOKEN=${API_TOKEN}" >> .env
 echo "API_TOKEN=${API_TOKEN}" >> .env
+echo "KCI_INSTANCE=${KCI_INSTANCE}" >> .env
+echo "KCI_INSTANCE_CALLBACK=${KCI_INSTANCE_CALLBACK}" >> .env
 cp .env kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/.docker-env
 mv .env kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/.env
 
@@ -101,3 +90,15 @@ TOKEN=$(kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/tools/jwt_generator.py --toml kernelci/kernel
 --email ${YOUR_EMAIL} --permissions checkout,testretry,patchset | grep "JWT token:" | cut -d' ' -f3)
 echo $TOKEN > config/out/kci-dev-token.txt
 echo "kci-dev token saved to config/out/kci-dev-token.txt"
+
+# set LAVA Token
+# Check if [runtime.lava-local] section exists, if not add it
+if ! grep -q "\[runtime\.lava-local\]" kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/config/kernelci.toml; then
+  echo -e "[runtime.lava-local]\nruntime_token = \"$LAVA_TOKEN\"\ncallback_token = \"$LAVA_TOKEN\"" >> kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/config/kernelci.toml
+else
+  # Update existing tokens
+  sed -i '/\[runtime\.lava-local\]/,/callback_token/{
+    s/runtime_token = ".*"/runtime_token = "'$LAVA_TOKEN'"/;
+    s/callback_token = ".*"/callback_token = "'$LAVA_TOKEN'"/;
+  }' kernelci/kernelci-pipeline/config/kernelci.toml
+fi
diff --git a/localinstall/scripts/8-start_pipeline.sh b/localinstall/scripts/8-start_pipeline.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9c0fe0f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/localinstall/scripts/8-start_pipeline.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./config/main.cfg
+
+set -e
+
+cd kernelci/kernelci-pipeline
+
+docker compose down
+docker compose up -d
diff --git a/localinstall/scripts/run.sh b/localinstall/scripts/run.sh
index 7b1cffc0..d34846a8 100755
--- a/localinstall/scripts/run.sh
+++ b/localinstall/scripts/run.sh
@@ -38,15 +38,25 @@ case "$ACTION" in
     ./scripts/2-prepare_api.sh
     ./scripts/3-start_api.sh
     ./scripts/4-set_api_admin.sh
-    ./scripts/5-prepare_pipeline.sh
-    ./scripts/6-start_pipeline.sh
+    ./scripts/5-prepare_lava.sh
+    ./scripts/6-start_lava.sh
+    ./scripts/7-prepare_pipeline.sh
+    ./scripts/8-start_pipeline.sh
+    echo "You can view now logs of containers using docker logs -f <container_id> or docker-compose logs -f in each directory"
+    echo "Also you can do docker ps to see running containers, and in case of ongoing builds, you can view their logs too by docker logs -f <container_id>"
+    echo "API viewer available at http://localhost:8001/viewer"
+    echo "API endpoints available at http://localhost:8001"
+    echo "Storage is available at http://localhost:8002/"
+    echo "Pipeline callback available at http://localhost:8100"
+    echo "LAVA available at http://localhost:10070"
     touch kernelci/.done
     ;;
   start)
     check_deploy
     echo "Starting deployment"
     ./scripts/3-start_api.sh
-    ./scripts/6-start_pipeline.sh
+    ./scripts/6-start_lava.sh
+    ./scripts/8-start_pipeline.sh
     ;;
   stop)
     check_deploy
@@ -55,6 +65,8 @@ case "$ACTION" in
     docker compose down
     cd ../kernelci-pipeline
     docker compose down
+    cd ../lava-docker/output/local
+    docker compose down
     ;;
   *)
     echo "Error: Invalid action '$ACTION'"