diff --git a/apps/report-execution/Dockerfile b/apps/report-execution/Dockerfile
index 97f7107420..33e77617a7 100644
--- a/apps/report-execution/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/report-execution/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 WORKDIR /usr/report-execution
 
+# Install mssql driver deps
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libltdl7 libkrb5-3 libgssapi-krb5-2
+
 # Copy relevant application code
 COPY pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
 COPY pytest.toml  pytest.toml
diff --git a/apps/report-execution/tests/conftest.py b/apps/report-execution/tests/conftest.py
index 12b74042b3..2833582193 100644
--- a/apps/report-execution/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/apps/report-execution/tests/conftest.py
@@ -81,11 +81,16 @@ def setup_containers(request):
     """Set up DB and report execution containers."""
     logging.info('Setting up containers tests...')
     compose_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../../../cdc-sandbox')
-    compose_file_name = 'docker-compose.yml'
+    compose_file_names = [
+        'docker-compose.yml',
+        '../apps/report-execution/tests/integration/docker-compose.yml',
+    ]
     containers = DockerCompose(
         compose_path,
-        compose_file_name=compose_file_name,
+        compose_file_name=compose_file_names,
         services=['report-execution', 'nbs-mssql'],
+        build=True,
+        env_file=['../sample.env', '../apps/report-execution/sample.env'],
     )
     report_exec_url = 'http://0.0.0.0:8001/status'
 
diff --git a/apps/report-execution/tests/integration/docker-compose.yml b/apps/report-execution/tests/integration/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c9dd6dd04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/report-execution/tests/integration/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Integration test-specific docker compose overrides
+services:
+  report-execution:
+    # allows using localhost db conn for easy access to db container directly or via report-execution container
+    network_mode: host
diff --git a/apps/report-execution/tests/integration/main.py b/apps/report-execution/tests/integration/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5bb6beadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/report-execution/tests/integration/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import http.client
+import json
+import os
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures('setup_containers')
+@pytest.mark.integration
+class TestMainApp:
+    """Integration tests for rest API endpoint access."""
+
+    def test_report_runs(self):
+        report_spec = {
+            'version': 1,
+            'is_export': True,
+            'is_builtin': True,
+            'report_title': 'Test Report',
+            'library_name': 'nbs_custom',
+            # Filter code is used here as it is a stable, small table
+            'data_source_name': '[NBS_ODSE].[dbo].[Filter_code]',
+            'subset_query': 'SELECT * FROM [NBS_ODSE].[dbo].[Filter_code]',
+        }
+
+        connection = http.client.HTTPConnection(
+            f'localhost:{os.getenv("UVICORN_PORT", "8001")}'
+        )
+
+        headers = {'Content-type': 'application/json'}
+        body = json.dumps(report_spec)
+
+        connection.request('POST', '/report/execute', body, headers)
+
+        response = connection.getresponse()
+        assert response.status == 200
+
+        result = json.loads(response.read())
+        assert (
+            result['description']
+            == 'Custom Report For Table: [NBS_ODSE].[dbo].[Filter_code]'
+        )
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7def759ff4..7bb513107e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -82,5 +82,7 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./apps/report-execution
     container_name: report-execution
+    environment:
+      - DATABASE_CONN_STRING=${DATABASE_CONN_STRING}
     ports:
       - "8001:8001"
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 235ce34ddb..cc4e5aa3c8 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ PARAMETER_SECRET=TmYW3z4qeXyGzcSLDuelRoxUgQg4MxF2
 
 # service settings
 NBS_DATASOURCE_SERVER=nbs-mssql
+DATABASE_CONN_STRING="Server=${NBS_DATASOURCE_SERVER};UID=${DATABASE_USER};PWD=${DATABASE_PASSWORD};Database=NBS_ODSE;TrustServerCertificate=yes;"
 CLASSIC_SERVICE=wildfly:7001
 MODERNIZATION_SERVICE=${MODERNIZATION_API_SERVER:-modernization-api}:${MODERNIZATION_API_PORT:-8080}
 UI_SERVICE=${MODERNIZATION_UI_SERVER:-modernization-api}:${MODERNIZATION_UI_PORT:-8080}