diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b49256b4df9..392b8dcffed 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 [submodule "ethcore/res/wasm-tests"]
 	path = ethcore/res/wasm-tests
 	url = https://github.com/paritytech/wasm-tests
+[submodule "test/parity-import-tests"]
+	path = test/parity-import-tests
+	url = https://github.com/paritytech/parity-import-tests
diff --git a/scripts/aura-test.sh b/scripts/aura-test.sh
index bb152beba79..e458c1828c7 100755
--- a/scripts/aura-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/aura-test.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-cargo build -j $(nproc) --release --features final $CARGOFLAGS
-git clone https://github.com/paritytech/parity-import-tests
-cp target/release/parity parity-import-tests/aura/parity
-cd parity-import-tests/aura
+rm -rf /tmp/aura-test-data
+cargo build -j $(nproc) --release
+target/release/parity -v
 echo "Start Aura test"
-parity import blocks.rlp --chain chain.json
-parity restore snap --chain chain.json
+target/release/parity import test/parity-import-tests/aura/blocks.rlp --chain test/parity-import-tests/aura/chain.json -d /tmp/aura-test-data
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+then
+  echo "Import test passed"
+else
+  echo "Import test failed" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+target/release/parity restore test/parity-import-tests/aura/snap --chain test/parity-import-tests/aura/chain.json -d /tmp/aura-test-data
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+then
+  echo "Restore test passed"
+else
+  echo "Restore test failed" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
 echo "Aura test complete"
diff --git a/test/parity-import-tests b/test/parity-import-tests
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..c5fd3862aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parity-import-tests
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c5fd3862aa7902a202d5054e0124981e8e12f4ab