diff --git a/external/camel/build.xml b/external/camel/build.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project name="Camel-Test" default="build" basedir=".">
+	<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
+	<description>
+		Build camel-test Docker image
+	</description>
+	<import file="${TEST_ROOT}/external/build.xml"/>
+
+	<!-- set properties for this build -->
+	<property name="DEST" value="${BUILD_ROOT}/external/camel-test" />
+	<property name="src" location="." />
+
+	<target name="init">
+		<mkdir dir="${DEST}"/>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="clean_image" depends="init" description="clean camel test docker image if there is one">
+		<exec executable="docker">
+			<arg line="rmi -f adoptopenjdk-camel-test" />
+		</exec>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="build_image" depends="clean_image" description="build camel test docker image">
+		<exec executable="docker"  failonerror="true">
+			<arg line="build -t adoptopenjdk-camel-test -f dockerfile/Dockerfile --pull . --build-arg SDK=${JVM_VERSION} --build-arg IMAGE_VERSION=${dockerImageTag}"/>
+		</exec>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="dist" depends="build_image" description="generate the distribution">
+		<copy todir="${DEST}">
+			<fileset dir="${src}" includes="*.xml, *.mk"/>
+		</copy>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="build">
+		<antcall target="dist" inheritall="true" />
+	</target>
+</project>
diff --git a/external/camel/dockerfile/Dockerfile b/external/camel/dockerfile/Dockerfile
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+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This Dockerfile in external/camel/dockerfile dir is used to create an image with
+# AdoptOpenJDK jdk binary installed. Basic test dependent executions
+# are installed during the building process.
+#
+# Build example: `docker build -t adoptopenjdk-camel-test -f Dockerfile ../.`
+#
+# This Dockerfile builds image based on adoptopenjdk/openjdk8:latest.
+# If you want to build image based on other images, please use
+# `--build-arg list` to specify your base image
+#
+# Build example: `docker build --build-arg IMAGE_NAME=<image_name> --build-arg IMAGE_VERSION=<image_version >-t adoptopenjdk-camel-test .`
+
+ 
+ARG SDK=openjdk8
+ARG IMAGE_NAME=adoptopenjdk/$SDK
+ARG IMAGE_VERSION=nightly
+
+FROM $IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_VERSION
+
+# Install test dependent executable files
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get -y install \
+	maven \
+	git \
+	wget 
+
+ENV JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF8"
+ENV MODE="java"
+
+COPY ./dockerfile/camel-test.sh /camel-test.sh
+RUN mkdir testResults
+WORKDIR /
+RUN pwd
+RUN git clone https://github.com/apache/camel-quarkus.git
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/camel-test.sh"]
+CMD ["$MODE"]
diff --git a/external/camel/dockerfile/camel-test.sh b/external/camel/dockerfile/camel-test.sh
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+++ b/external/camel/dockerfile/camel-test.sh
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+#/bin/bash
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Set up Java to be used by the the camel-test
+
+if [ -d /java/jre/bin ];then
+	echo "Using mounted Java8"
+	export JAVA_BIN=/java/jre/bin
+	export JAVA_HOME=/java
+	export PATH=$JAVA_BIN:$PATH
+elif [ -d /java/bin ]; then
+	echo "Using mounted Java"
+	export JAVA_BIN=/java/bin
+	export JAVA_HOME=/java
+	export PATH=$JAVA_BIN:$PATH
+else
+	echo "Using docker image default Java"
+	java_path=$(type -p java)
+	suffix="/java"
+	java_root=${java_path%$suffix}
+	export JAVA_BIN="$java_root"
+	echo "JAVA_BIN is: $JAVA_BIN"
+	export JAVA_HOME="${java_root%/bin}"
+fi
+
+java -version
+
+# See https://camel.apache.org/camel-quarkus/latest/contributor-guide.html
+# for advise to set MAVEN_OPTS to avoid https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/OutOfMemoryError
+# export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1g"
+
+cd /camel-quarkus
+pwd
+echo "Compile and run camel tests"
+
+# mvn --batch-mode clean install
+mvn clean install
+echo "Build camel completed"
+test_exit_code=$?
+
+find ./ -type d -name 'surefire-reports' -exec cp -r "{}" /testResults \;
+exit $test_exit_code
diff --git a/external/camel/playlist.xml b/external/camel/playlist.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+-->
+<playlist xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../TestConfig/playlist.xsd">
+	<test>
+		<testCaseName>camel_test</testCaseName>
+		<command>docker run --name camel-test $(EXTRA_DOCKER_ARGS) --env OPENJ9_JAVA_OPTIONS=-Xmx1g adoptopenjdk-camel-test:latest; \
+			$(TEST_STATUS); \
+			docker cp camel-test:/testResults/surefire-reports $(REPORTDIR)/external_test_reports; \
+			docker rm -f camel-test; \
+			docker rmi -f adoptopenjdk-camel-test
+		</command>
+		<levels>
+			<level>extended</level>
+		</levels>
+		<groups>
+			<group>external</group>
+		</groups>
+	</test>
+</playlist>