diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f4e8d467e..805240230 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,25 @@ jobs:
           npx playwright test --reporter=list
         env:
           OPENIDM_URL: http://localhost:8080
+      - name: Start OpenIDM with custom context path /myidm
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: |
+          openidm/shutdown.sh
+          timeout 1m bash -c 'while [ -f openidm/.openidm.pid ]; do sleep 2; done' || true
+          rm -rf openidm/logs/*
+          OPENIDM_OPTS="-Dlogback.configurationFile=conf/logging-config.groovy -Dopenidm.context.path=/myidm" openidm/startup.sh &
+          timeout 3m bash -c 'until grep -q "OpenIDM ready" openidm/logs/openidm0.log.0 ; do sleep 5; done' || cat openidm/logs/openidm0.log.0
+          grep -q "OpenIDM ready" openidm/logs/openidm0.log.0
+          ! grep "ERROR"  openidm/logs/openidm0.log.0
+          ! grep "SEVERE" openidm/logs/openidm0.log.0
+      - name: UI Smoke Tests with /myidm context path (Playwright)
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: |
+          cd e2e
+          npx playwright test --reporter=list
+        env:
+          OPENIDM_URL: http://localhost:8080
+          OPENIDM_CONTEXT_PATH: /myidm
       - name: Test on Windows
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         run: |
diff --git a/e2e/ui-smoke-test.spec.mjs b/e2e/ui-smoke-test.spec.mjs
index 7d95d8689..d5e58afef 100644
--- a/e2e/ui-smoke-test.spec.mjs
+++ b/e2e/ui-smoke-test.spec.mjs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
 
 const BASE_URL = process.env.OPENIDM_URL || "http://localhost:8080";
+const CONTEXT_PATH = process.env.OPENIDM_CONTEXT_PATH || "/openidm";
 const ADMIN_USER = process.env.OPENIDM_ADMIN_USER || "openidm-admin";
 const ADMIN_PASS = process.env.OPENIDM_ADMIN_PASS || "openidm-admin";
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ test.describe("OpenIDM UI Smoke Tests", () => {
     });
 
     test("REST API ping is accessible", async ({ request }) => {
-        const response = await request.get(`${BASE_URL}/openidm/info/ping`, {
+        const response = await request.get(`${BASE_URL}${CONTEXT_PATH}/info/ping`, {
             headers: {
                 "X-OpenIDM-Username": ADMIN_USER,
                 "X-OpenIDM-Password": ADMIN_PASS,
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ test.describe("OpenIDM UI Smoke Tests", () => {
     });
 
     test("REST API config endpoint is accessible", async ({ request }) => {
-        const response = await request.get(`${BASE_URL}/openidm/config/ui/configuration`, {
+        const response = await request.get(`${BASE_URL}${CONTEXT_PATH}/config/ui/configuration`, {
             headers: {
                 "X-OpenIDM-Username": ADMIN_USER,
                 "X-OpenIDM-Password": ADMIN_PASS,