diff --git a/ci/vmtest/helpers.sh b/ci/vmtest/helpers.sh
index c44d0983..86c734cf 100755
--- a/ci/vmtest/helpers.sh
+++ b/ci/vmtest/helpers.sh
@@ -36,3 +36,11 @@ print_error() {
 print_notice() {
   __print notice $1 $2
 }
+
+read_lists() {
+	(for path in "$@"; do
+		if [[ -s "$path" ]]; then
+			cat "$path"
+		fi;
+	done) | cut -d'#' -f1 | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' | tr -s '\n' ','
+}
diff --git a/ci/vmtest/sched_ext_selftests.sh b/ci/vmtest/sched_ext_selftests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a20672db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/vmtest/sched_ext_selftests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/helpers.sh"
+
+foldable start selftests/sched_ext "Executing selftests/sched_ext/runner"
+
+SELFTESTS_DIR="${KERNEL_ROOT}/selftests/sched_ext"
+STATUS_FILE=/mnt/vmtest/exitstatus
+
+cd "${SELFTESTS_DIR}"
+./runner "$@" | tee runner.log
+
+failed=$(tail -n 16 runner.log | grep "FAILED" | awk '{print $2}')
+
+echo "selftests/sched_ext:$failed" >>"${STATUS_FILE}"
+
+foldable end selftests/sched_ext
diff --git a/ci/vmtest/vmtest_selftests.sh b/ci/vmtest/vmtest_selftests.sh
index e4e368b8..699a92e8 100755
--- a/ci/vmtest/vmtest_selftests.sh
+++ b/ci/vmtest/vmtest_selftests.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/helpers.sh"
 
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
-DEPLOYMENT=$(if [[ "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" == *"-rc" ]]; then echo "rc"; else echo "prod"; fi)
+DEPLOYMENT=$(if [[ "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" == "kernel-patches/bpf" ]]; then echo "prod"; else echo "rc"; fi)
 
 STATUS_FILE=/mnt/vmtest/exitstatus
 OUTPUT_DIR=/mnt/vmtest
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ WORKING_DIR="/${PROJECT_NAME}"
 BPF_SELFTESTS_DIR="${WORKING_DIR}/selftests/bpf"
 VMTEST_CONFIGS_PATH="${WORKING_DIR}/ci/vmtest/configs"
 
-read_lists() {
-	(for path in "$@"; do
-		if [[ -s "$path" ]]; then
-			cat "$path"
-		fi;
-	done) | cut -d'#' -f1 | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' | tr -s '\n' ','
-}
-
 DENYLIST=$(read_lists \
 	"$BPF_SELFTESTS_DIR/DENYLIST" \
 	"$BPF_SELFTESTS_DIR/DENYLIST.${ARCH}" \