diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index baa57c9..8e47620 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GOPROXY: "https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
+      ENABLE_DOCKER_INTEGRATION_TESTS: TRUE
 
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: "1.20"
+          go-version: "1.22"
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e62d94..54230c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ Close your publishers and consumers when you're done with them and do *not* atte
 
 Note that the API is currently in `v0`. I don't plan on huge changes, but there may be some small breaking changes before we hit `v1`.
 
+## Integration testing
+
+By setting `ENABLE_DOCKER_INTEGRATION_TESTS=TRUE` during `go test -v ./...`, the integration tests will run. These launch a rabbitmq container in the local Docker daemon and test some publish/consume actions.
+
+See [integration_test.go](integration_test.go).
+
 ## 💬 Contact
 
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diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ec6f231..060bed5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module github.com/wagslane/go-rabbitmq
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.22.6
 
 require github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index da51250..024eebe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.10.0 h1:STpn5XsHlHGcecLmMFCtg7mqq0RnD+zFr4uzukfVhBw=
 github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.10.0/go.mod h1:Hy4jKW5kQART1u+JkDTF9YYOQUHXqMuhrgxOEeS7G4o=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
diff --git a/integration_test.go b/integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6b8014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+package rabbitmq
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const enableDockerIntegrationTestsFlag = `ENABLE_DOCKER_INTEGRATION_TESTS`
+
+func prepareDockerTest(t *testing.T) (connStr string) {
+	if v, ok := os.LookupEnv(enableDockerIntegrationTestsFlag); !ok || strings.ToUpper(v) != "TRUE" {
+		t.Skipf("integration tests are only run if '%s' is TRUE", enableDockerIntegrationTestsFlag)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	out, err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "docker", "run", "--rm", "--detach", "--publish=5672:5672", "--quiet", "--", "rabbitmq:3-alpine").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Log("container id", string(out))
+		t.Fatalf("error launching rabbitmq in docker: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		containerId := strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
+		t.Logf("attempting to shutdown container '%s'", containerId)
+		if err := exec.Command("docker", "rm", "--force", containerId).Run(); err != nil {
+			t.Logf("failed to stop: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+	return "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/"
+}
+
+func waitForHealthyAmqp(t *testing.T, connStr string) *Conn {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*10)
+	defer cancel()
+	tkr := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+
+	// only log connection-level logs when connection has succeeded
+	muted := true
+	connLogger := simpleLogF(func(s string, i ...interface{}) {
+		if !muted {
+			t.Logf(s, i...)
+		}
+	})
+
+	var lastErr error
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			t.Fatal("timed out waiting for healthy amqp", lastErr)
+			return nil
+		case <-tkr.C:
+			t.Log("attempting connection")
+			conn, err := NewConn(connStr, WithConnectionOptionsLogger(connLogger))
+			if err != nil {
+				lastErr = err
+				t.Log("connection attempt failed - retrying")
+			} else {
+				if err := func() error {
+					pub, err := NewPublisher(conn, WithPublisherOptionsLogger(simpleLogF(t.Logf)))
+					if err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to setup publisher: %v", err)
+					}
+					t.Log("attempting publish")
+					return pub.PublishWithContext(ctx, []byte{}, []string{"ping"}, WithPublishOptionsExchange(""))
+				}(); err != nil {
+					_ = conn.Close()
+					t.Log("publish ping failed", err.Error())
+				} else {
+					t.Log("ping successful")
+					muted = true
+					return conn
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSimplePubSub is an integration testing function that validates whether we can reliably connect to a docker-based
+// rabbitmq and consumer a message that we publish. This uses the default direct exchange with lots of error checking
+// to ensure the result is as expected.
+func TestSimplePubSub(t *testing.T) {
+	connStr := prepareDockerTest(t)
+	conn := waitForHealthyAmqp(t, connStr)
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	t.Logf("new consumer")
+	consumerQueue := "my_queue"
+	consumer, err := NewConsumer(conn, consumerQueue, WithConsumerOptionsLogger(simpleLogF(t.Logf)))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("error creating consumer", err)
+	}
+	defer consumer.CloseWithContext(context.Background())
+
+	// Setup a consumer which pushes each of its consumed messages over the channel. If the channel is closed or full
+	// it does not block.
+	consumed := make(chan Delivery)
+	defer close(consumed)
+
+	go func() {
+		err = consumer.Run(func(d Delivery) Action {
+			t.Log("consumed")
+			select {
+			case consumed <- d:
+			default:
+			}
+			return Ack
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Log("consumer run failed", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Setup a publisher with notifications enabled
+	t.Logf("new publisher")
+	publisher, err := NewPublisher(conn, WithPublisherOptionsLogger(simpleLogF(t.Logf)))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("error creating publisher", err)
+	}
+	publisher.NotifyPublish(func(p Confirmation) {
+	})
+	defer publisher.Close()
+
+	// For test stability we cannot rely on the fact that the consumer go routines are up and running before the
+	// publisher starts it's first publish attempt. For this reason we run the publisher in a loop every second and
+	// pass after we see the first message come through.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*10)
+	defer cancel()
+	tkr := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			t.Fatal("timed out waiting for pub sub", ctx.Err())
+		case <-tkr.C:
+			t.Logf("new publish")
+			confirms, err := publisher.PublishWithDeferredConfirmWithContext(ctx, []byte("example"), []string{consumerQueue})
+			if err != nil {
+				// publish should always succeed since we've verified the ping previously
+				t.Fatal("failed to publish", err)
+			}
+			for _, confirm := range confirms {
+				if _, err := confirm.WaitContext(ctx); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal("failed to wait for publish", err)
+				}
+			}
+		case d := <-consumed:
+			t.Logf("successfully saw message round trip: '%s'", string(d.Body))
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index 34ef793..5560fa4 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package rabbitmq
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/wagslane/go-rabbitmq/internal/logger"
 )
@@ -39,3 +40,28 @@ func (l stdDebugLogger) Infof(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 func (l stdDebugLogger) Debugf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	log.Printf(fmt.Sprintf("%s DEBUG: %s", loggingPrefix, format), v...)
 }
+
+// simpleLogF is used to support logging in the test functions.
+// This could be exposed publicly for integration in more simple logging interfaces.
+type simpleLogF func(string, ...interface{})
+
+func (l simpleLogF) Fatalf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	l(fmt.Sprintf("%s FATAL: %s", loggingPrefix, format), v...)
+	os.Exit(1)
+}
+
+func (l simpleLogF) Errorf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	l(fmt.Sprintf("%s ERROR: %s", loggingPrefix, format), v...)
+}
+
+func (l simpleLogF) Warnf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	l(fmt.Sprintf("%s WARN: %s", loggingPrefix, format), v...)
+}
+
+func (l simpleLogF) Infof(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	l(fmt.Sprintf("%s INFO: %s", loggingPrefix, format), v...)
+}
+
+func (l simpleLogF) Debugf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	l(fmt.Sprintf("%s DEBUG: %s", loggingPrefix, format), v...)
+}