diff --git a/main-basop.yml b/main-basop.yml
index 003f2d50d0ca1d1a5489f277659ddef9569e2015..075f6fda7666d1c1cc51fbf12351d9216878e4e3 100644
--- a/main-basop.yml
+++ b/main-basop.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ workflow:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web' && $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'test-long-self-test'
       variables:
         IVAS_PIPELINE_NAME: 'Test long self-test against main pipeline: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH'
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web' && $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'ivas-conformance-linux'
+      variables:
+        IVAS_PIPELINE_NAME: 'IVAS Conformance Linux: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH'        
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'schedule' # Scheduled in any branch
       variables:
         IVAS_PIPELINE_NAME: 'Scheduled pipeline: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH'        
@@ -149,6 +152,8 @@ workflow:
 
 .rules-pytest-to-ref-pre:
   rules:
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web' && $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == "ivas-conformance-linux"
+      when: never
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web'
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'schedule'
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
@@ -950,7 +955,7 @@ pytest-to-ref-pre:
 # ensure that codec builds on linux
 build-codec-linux-make:
   rules:
-    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $UPDATE_PAGES
+    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'ivas-conformance-linux' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $UPDATE_PAGES
       when: never
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web'
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push' && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
@@ -970,7 +975,7 @@ build-codec-linux-cmake:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
       when: never
-    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $UPDATE_PAGES
+    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'ivas-conformance-linux' || $UPDATE_PAGES
       when: never
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push' && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
@@ -1055,7 +1060,7 @@ build-codec-linux-debugging-make:
 
 build-codec-windows-msbuild:
   rules:
-    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $UPDATE_PAGES
+    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'ivas-conformance-linux' || $UPDATE_PAGES
       when: never
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web'
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push' && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
@@ -3171,6 +3176,49 @@ complexity-osba-in-binaural_room_ir-out:
     - *complexity-measurements-report-summary
     - exit $ret_val
 
+ivas-conformance-linux:
+  extends:
+    - .job-linux
+  stage: test
+  timeout: "6 hours"
+  rules:
+    - if: ($CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'web' || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'trigger') && $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'ivas-conformance-linux'
+    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == "coverage"
+    - if: $COVERAGE_TEST
+  allow_failure:
+    exit_codes:
+      - 123
+  variables:
+    COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE: "coverage_conformance.info"
+    COVERAGE_OUTPUT_DIR: "coverage_conformance"
+    COVERAGE_TITLE: "conformance test test_26252.py"
+  script:
+    - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
+    - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
+    - python3 ci/remove_unsupported_testcases.py $PRM_FILES # Should not be needed once the porting is done and all test cases are supported in BASOP/float.
+    - make -j # To be substituted with reference platform build
+    - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/ivas-conformance.sh
+
+  artifacts:
+    name: "ivas-conformance-linux-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
+    expire_in: 1 week
+    when: always
+    paths:
+      - report_cmd.html
+      - report-junit.xml
+      - report.html
+      - Readme_IVAS_dec.txt
+      - Readme_IVAS_enc.txt
+      - Readme_IVAS_rend.txt
+      - Readme_IVAS_JBM_dec.txt
+      - Readme_IVAS_ISAR_dec.txt
+      - Readme_IVAS_ISAR_post_rend.txt
+      - $COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE
+      - $COVERAGE_OUTPUT_DIR
+    expose_as: "Draft IVAS conformance -- Linux"
+    reports:
+      junit: report-junit.xml
+
 # job that sets up gitlab pages website
 pages:
   stage: deploy
diff --git a/snippets/ivas-conformance.sh b/snippets/ivas-conformance.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2a6c359d0f54f3d6864181d123712ec70de81eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/ivas-conformance.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+cp IVAS_cod IVAS_cod_ref
+cp IVAS_dec IVAS_dec_ref
+cp IVAS_rend IVAS_rend_ref
+cp ISAR_post_rend ISAR_post_rend_ref
+
+# Reference creation
+python3 -m pytest -q tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection tests/renderer_short/test_renderer.py tests/split_rendering/test_split_rendering.py -v -n auto --update_ref 1 --create_ref --keep_files --html=report_cmd.html --self-contained-html
+python3 scripts/parse_commands.py report_cmd.html Readme_IVAS.txt
+
+# Copy input data and output ref data
+rm -rf testvec
+mkdir testvec
+mkdir testvec/binauralRenderer_interface
+mkdir testvec/testv
+mkdir testvec/testv/renderer_short
+mkdir testvec/testv/split_rendering
+mkdir testvec/bin
+cp -r scripts/testv/* testvec/testv
+cp -r scripts/ls_layouts testvec
+cp -r scripts/object_edit testvec
+cp -r scripts/switchPaths testvec
+cp -r scripts/trajectories testvec
+cp -r scripts/binauralRenderer_interface/binaural_renderers_hrtf_data testvec/binauralRenderer_interface
+cp -r tests/ref testvec/testv/ref
+cp -r tests/renderer_short/ref testvec/testv/renderer_short/ref
+cp -r tests/split_rendering/ref testvec/testv/split_rendering/ref
+cp -r tests/split_rendering/renderer_configs testvec/testv/split_rendering/renderer_configs
+cp -r tests/split_rendering/error_patterns testvec/testv/split_rendering/error_patterns
+
+# Remove redundant files
+python3 scripts/cleanup_26252.py
+
+# Copy test script files
+cp -r tests/conformance-test testvec/
+cp Readme_IVAS_dec.txt testvec
+cp Readme_IVAS_enc.txt testvec
+cp Readme_IVAS_rend.txt testvec
+cp Readme_IVAS_JBM_dec.txt testvec
+cp Readme_IVAS_ISAR_dec.txt testvec
+cp Readme_IVAS_ISAR_post_rend.txt testvec
+
+# Create GCOV execs for coverage analysis
+make clean
+make GCOV=1 -j
+
+cp IVAS_cod testvec/bin
+cp IVAS_dec testvec/bin
+cp IVAS_rend testvec/bin
+cp ISAR_post_rend testvec/bin
+
+# Test run generated scripts in testvec
+cd testvec
+exit_code=0
+python3 -m pytest -q conformance-test/test_26252.py --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --html=report.html --self-contained-html || exit_code=$?
+mv report.html ..
+mv report-junit.xml ..
+
+# Collect coverage
+cd -
+bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/collect-coverage.sh --obj-dir obj --output-file $COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE --output-dir $COVERAGE_OUTPUT_DIR --title "Coverage on main -- $COVERAGE_TITLE"
+
+# Check for failures
+if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then echo "Test failures encountered"; exit $EXIT_CODE_FAIL; fi
+