diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17637aa..e89b14f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@
             <version>${wiremock.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+            <version>5.4.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<profiles>
         <profile>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/diagrid/dapr/DaprContainer.java b/src/main/java/io/diagrid/dapr/DaprContainer.java
index 3695502..6186b32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/diagrid/dapr/DaprContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/diagrid/dapr/DaprContainer.java
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.Network;
 import org.testcontainers.images.builder.Transferable;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.DumperOptions;
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@
 
 public class DaprContainer extends GenericContainer<DaprContainer> {
 
-    public static enum DaprLogLevel {
+    public enum DaprLogLevel {
         error, warn, info, debug
     }
 
@@ -119,6 +121,9 @@ public List<MetadataEntry> getMetadata() {
     private String placementService = "placement:50006";
     private static final DockerImageName DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = DockerImageName.parse("daprio/daprd");
     private Yaml yaml;
+    private DaprPlacementContainer placementContainer;
+    private String placementDockerImageName = "daprio/placement";
+    private boolean shouldReusePlacement = false;
 
     public DaprContainer(DockerImageName dockerImageName) {
         super(dockerImageName);
@@ -275,6 +280,17 @@ public Map<String, Object> subscriptionToMap(Subscription subscription) {
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         super.configure();
+
+        if (this.placementContainer == null) {
+            Network daprNetwork = Network.newNetwork();
+            this.placementContainer = new DaprPlacementContainer(this.placementDockerImageName)
+                    .withNetwork(daprNetwork)
+                    .withNetworkAliases("placement")
+                    .withReuse(this.shouldReusePlacement);
+            dependsOn(this.placementContainer);
+            withNetwork(daprNetwork);
+        }
+
         withCommand(
                 "./daprd",
                 "-app-id", appName,
@@ -339,4 +355,20 @@ public String getPlacementService() {
     public static DockerImageName getDefaultImageName() {
         return DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME;
     }
+
+    public DaprContainer withPlacementImage(String placementDockerImageName) {
+        this.placementDockerImageName = placementDockerImageName;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public DaprContainer withReusablePlacement(boolean reuse) {
+        this.shouldReusePlacement = shouldReusePlacement;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public DaprContainer withPlacementContainer(DaprPlacementContainer placementContainer) {
+        this.placementContainer = placementContainer;
+        return this;
+    }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/diagrid/dapr/DaprContainerTest.java b/src/test/java/io/diagrid/dapr/DaprContainerTest.java
index bc8e63d..f5b6f0e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/diagrid/dapr/DaprContainerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/diagrid/dapr/DaprContainerTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import io.dapr.client.domain.State;
 
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -16,13 +17,14 @@
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration.wireMockConfig;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class DaprContainerTest {
 
-    @ClassRule()
+    @ClassRule
     public static WireMockRule wireMockRule = new WireMockRule(wireMockConfig().port(8081)); 
 
-    @ClassRule()
+    @ClassRule
     public static DaprContainer daprContainer = new DaprContainer("daprio/daprd")
                                                         .withAppName("dapr-app")
                                                         .withAppPort(8081)
@@ -72,6 +74,17 @@ public void testStateStoreAPIs() throws Exception {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testPlacement() throws Exception {
+        RestAssured.baseURI = "http://" + daprContainer.getHost() + ":" + daprContainer.getMappedPort(3500);
+        boolean isPlacementConnected = RestAssured.given()
+                .get("/v1.0/metadata")
+                .jsonPath()
+                .getString("actorRuntime.placement")
+                .contentEquals("placement: connected");
+        assertTrue(isPlacementConnected);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testPubSubAPIs() throws Exception {