diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 72902fc10c9d761f95b12b63675308b611ef08f2..f6595c476066ffc6e76fae3b57fb4eb5aad405f8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ stages:
   - build
   - gather_bins
   - protect_bins
-  - test_bins
   - test
   - deploy
 
@@ -88,6 +87,10 @@ do-build-arm64:
   tags:
     - arm64
 
+
+#
+# gather artifacts and ship them tox 86 boxes
+#
 .gather-bins: &do_gather
         stage: gather_bins
         script:
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ do-build-arm64:
         artifacts:               
             expire_in: 1 day
             paths:
-                - test_binaries/
+                - artifacts/
 
 gather-bins-arm32:
         <<: *do_gather
@@ -107,6 +110,55 @@ gather-bins-arm64:
         tags:
             - arm64
 
+#
+# gather artifacts and ship them tox 86 boxes
+#
+.protect-arm-bins: &prot_bins
+        stage: protect_bins
+        script:
+            - ./cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh
+        artifacts:               
+            expire_in: 1 day
+            paths:
+                - artifacts/
+
+protect-arm-ubuntu18:
+        <<: *prot_bins
+        tags:
+            - ubuntu18
+
+protect-bins-ubuntu16:
+        <<: *prot_bins
+        tags:
+            - ubuntu16
+
+protect-bins-centos76:
+        <<: *prot_bins
+        tags:
+            - centos76
+#
+# gather artifacts and ship them tox 86 boxes
+#
+test_arm_bins: &test_arm_bins
+        stage: test
+        script:
+            - ./cicd_testing/do-test-bins.sh
+        artifacts:               
+            expire_in: 1 day
+            paths:
+                - artifacts/
+
+gather-bins-arm32:
+        <<: *prot_bins
+        tags:
+            - arm32
+
+gather-bins-arm64:
+        <<: *prot_bins
+        tags:
+            - arm64
+
+
 #
 # test_quick for EH handling
 #
diff --git a/cicd_testing/do-gather-bins.sh b/cicd_testing/do-gather-bins.sh
index 3a5b19bd0707b9a649bc41ee979978c6fd8b8727..ea9a9e4f2eeb25531da7d264dc11b4dc23204cd0 100755
--- a/cicd_testing/do-gather-bins.sh
+++ b/cicd_testing/do-gather-bins.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 set -x
 set -e
 
-mkdir -p test_binaries/
+mkdir -p artifacts/test_binaries/
 
-cp $(which ls) test_binaries/ls.$(uname -m)
-cp $(which bzip2) test_binaries/ls.$(uname -m)
+cp $(which ls) artifacts/test_binaries/ls.$(uname -m)
+cp $(which bzip2) artifacts/test_binaries/ls.$(uname -m)
 ls
diff --git a/cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh b/cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..04f899dbd00d2f1169273ffb76463b5adb7e334d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e 
+set -x
+
+mkdir -p artifacts/protected_binaries
+
+main()
+{
+	for i in $(ls artifacts/test_binaries/); do
+		$PSZ  $i artifacts/protected_binaries/$(basename $i.$(hostname))
+	done
+}
+
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/cicd_testing/do-test-bins.sh b/cicd_testing/do-test-bins.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc9d0f36e5f075fc3d9115756efc59f4641fcca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cicd_testing/do-test-bins.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e 
+set -x
+
+main()
+{
+	for i in $(ls artifacts/protected_binaries/); do
+		$i --help
+	done
+}
+
+
+main "$@"