diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b2af6c699ad5cbbd4fe798576494ab5b532d64bf..89a4f98805b7c5983322a305429cd68f0f820f3c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ test-py3.10:
         - make test
     <<: *junit_definition
 
+test-julia-1.6:
+    image: docker.km3net.de/base/julia:1.6
+    stage: test
+    script:
+        - julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.develop(path=".")'
+
 code-style:
     image: docker.km3net.de/base/python:3.7
     stage: test
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..42b04787262efd2127d4d68829aa4d54d8caa54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name = "KM3NeTTestData"
+uuid = "3249b543-581e-4f22-b7da-6c2cdf549b24"
+authors = ["Tamas Gal <tamas.gal@fau.de>"]
+version = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/src/KM3NeTTestData.jl b/src/KM3NeTTestData.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..534a6f7dc79b569dc4604f6cf37a74972ca16faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/KM3NeTTestData.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module KM3NeTTestData
+
+export datapath
+
+const DATA_DIR = joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "km3net_testdata", "data")
+
+datapath(p...) = joinpath(DATA_DIR, p...)
+
+end