diff --git a/jjb/pti-rtp/pti-rtp.yaml b/jjb/pti-rtp/pti-rtp.yaml
index fed0685..240d58c 100644
--- a/jjb/pti-rtp/pti-rtp.yaml
+++ b/jjb/pti-rtp/pti-rtp.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,14 @@
     jobs:
       - gerrit-info-yaml-verify
 
+- project:
+    name: pti-rtp-verify
+    project: pti/rtp
+    project-name: pti-rtp
+    # use a centos with big memory; docker not required
+    build-node: centos7-docker-2c-8g
+    # runs about 30 minutes
+    build-timeout: 60
+    script: !include-raw-escape: verify-pti-rtp-centos.sh
+    jobs:
+      - oran-verify-shell
diff --git a/jjb/pti-rtp/verify-pti-rtp-centos.sh b/jjb/pti-rtp/verify-pti-rtp-centos.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1564551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jjb/pti-rtp/verify-pti-rtp-centos.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#   Copyright (C) 2019 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+#
+#   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
+#
+#       http://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.
+
+# Installs prerequisites on CentOS then invokes the pti/rtp build script
+# to test creation of a Yocto image.  The "-n" flag skips bitbake.
+
+echo "--> verify-pti-rtp-centos.sh"
+
+# Ensure we fail the job if any steps fail.
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+pkgs="gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \
+     diffutils diffstat cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath socat \
+     perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-Digest-SHA \
+     python3-pip xz which SDL-devel xterm"
+echo "INFO: installing epel-release and packages $pkgs"
+sudo yum install -y epel-release \
+  && sudo yum makecache \
+  && sudo yum install -y $pkgs
+
+dir=workspace
+echo "INFO: creating workspace $dir"
+mkdir $dir
+cmd="./scripts/build_oran.sh -w $dir -n"
+echo "INFO: invoking build script: $cmd"
+$cmd
+
+echo "--> verify-pti-rtp-centos.sh ends"