diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-hive-eest.yml b/.github/workflows/test-hive-eest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b34e480782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-hive-eest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: Hive EEST tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+        - release/*
+        - pectra_e2
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  test-hive-eest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Hive
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: danceratopz/hive
+          ref: prague-devnet-4
+          path: hive
+      - name: Setup go env and cache
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.22'
+          go-version-file: 'hive/go.mod'
+
+      # Targetting the clients/erigon/Dockerfile.git in the Hive director - 
+      # this builds the container from github and uses it for tests
+      - name: Get dependencies and build hive
+        run: |
+          cd hive
+          git status
+          go get . >> buildlogs.log
+          rm clients/erigon/Dockerfile
+          mv clients/erigon/Dockerfile.git clients/erigon/Dockerfile
+          branch_name=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}  | sed 's/[&/\]/\\&/g')
+          echo Building Hive with Erigon branch - $branch_name
+          sed -i "s/^ARG github=ledgerwatch\/erigon$/ARG github=erigontech\/erigon/" clients/erigon/Dockerfile
+          sed -i "s/^ARG tag=main$/ARG tag=${branch_name}/" clients/erigon/Dockerfile
+          if [[ "$branch_name" != "main" ]]; then
+            sed -i "/$sync.parallel-state-flushing/d" clients/erigon/erigon.sh
+          fi
+          go build . >> buildlogs.log
+      # Depends on the last line of hive output that prints the number of suites, tests and failed
+      # Currently, we fail even if suites and tests are too few, indicating the tests did not run
+      # We also fail if more than half the tests fail
+      - name: Run hive tests and parse output
+        run: |
+          cd hive
+          run_suite() {
+            echo -e "\n\n============================================================"
+            echo "Running test: ${1}"
+            echo -e "\n"
+            ./hive --sim 'ethereum/eest/consume-engine' --client erigon 2>&1 | tee output.log || {
+              if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+                echo "Exitcode gt 0"
+              fi
+            }
+            status_line=$(tail -2 output.log | head -1 | sed -r "s/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]//g")
+            suites=$(echo "$status_line" | sed -n 's/.*suites=\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
+            if [ -z "$suites" ]; then
+              status_line=$(tail -1 output.log | sed -r "s/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]//g")
+              suites=$(echo "$status_line" | sed -n 's/.*suites=\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
+            fi 
+            tests=$(echo "$status_line" | sed -n 's/.*tests=\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
+            failed=$(echo "$status_line" | sed -n 's/.*failed=\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
+
+            echo -e "\n"
+            echo "-----------   Results for ${1}    -----------" 
+            echo "Tests: $tests, Failed: $failed"
+            echo -e "\n\n============================================================"
+
+            if (( tests < 4 )); then
+              echo "Too few tests run for suite ${1} - ${tests} tests"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            if (( failed*2 > tests )); then
+              echo "Too many failures for suite ${1} - ${failed} failed out of ${tests}"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          }
+          run_suite eest/consume-engine
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f795fc5ea02..2a2273febc2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -176,11 +176,13 @@ test3-integration: test-erigon-lib
 	$(GOTEST) --timeout 240m -tags $(BUILD_TAGS),integration,e3
 
 ## test-hive						run the hive tests locally off nektos/act workflows simulator
-test-hive:
+test-hive:	
 	@if ! command -v act >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		echo "act command not found in PATH, please source it in PATH. If nektosact is not installed, install it by visiting https://nektosact.com/installation/index.html"; \
 	elif [ -z "$(GITHUB_TOKEN)"]; then \
-		echo "Please export GITHUB_TOKEN var in the environment"; \
+		echo "Please export GITHUB_TOKEN var in the environment" ; \
+	elif [ "$(SUITE)" = "eest" ]; then \
+		act -j test-hive-eest -s GITHUB_TOKEN=$(GITHUB_TOKEN) ; \
 	else \
 		act -j test-hive -s GITHUB_TOKEN=$(GITHUB_TOKEN) ; \
 	fi