diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 6b1a85acb8..7bddf77b7c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ internal/web/ui/build/
 packaging/windows/LICENSE
 packaging/windows/agent-windows-amd64.exe
 cmd/grafana-agent/Dockerfile
+alloy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_pyroscope_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/test_pyroscope_pr.yml
index 46ee062364..8606937e3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_pyroscope_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_pyroscope_pr.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: false
 
-      - run: make GO_TAGS="nodocker" test-pyroscope
\ No newline at end of file
+      - run: sudo make test-pyroscope
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ddcfe6ade..905fa90beb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ node_modules
 # file of the pair will detect a dirty work tree and detect the wrong tag name.
 .tag-only
 .image-tag
+alloy
diff --git a/internal/component/pyroscope/java/integration/integration_test.go b/internal/component/pyroscope/java/integration/integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7186b403d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/component/pyroscope/java/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+//go:build linux && (amd64 || arm64)
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/discovery"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope/java"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope/testutil"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test"
+	pyroutil "github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/container"
+	querierv1 "github.com/grafana/pyroscope/api/gen/proto/go/querier/v1"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestPyroscopeJavaIntegration(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true" && os.Getenv("GITHUB_JOB") != "test_pyroscope" {
+		t.Skip("Skipping Pyroscope Java integration test in GitHub Actions (job name is not test_pyroscope)")
+	}
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	defer func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+	}()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+	l := log.NewSyncLogger(log.NewLogfmtLogger(os.Stderr))
+	l = log.WithPrefix(l,
+		"test", t.Name(),
+		"ts", log.DefaultTimestampUTC,
+	)
+
+	_, pyroscopeEndpoint := pyroutil.StartPyroscopeContainer(t, ctx, l)
+
+	_, javaEndpoint, pid := pyroutil.StartJavaApplicationContainer(t, ctx, l)
+
+	t.Logf("Pyroscope endpoint: %s", pyroscopeEndpoint)
+	t.Logf("Java application endpoint: %s", javaEndpoint)
+	t.Logf("Java process PID in container: %d", pid)
+
+	reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+
+	writeComponent, err := testutil.CreateWriteComponent(l, reg, pyroscopeEndpoint)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to create write component")
+
+	args := java.DefaultArguments()
+	args.ForwardTo = []pyroscope.Appendable{writeComponent}
+	args.ProfilingConfig.Interval = time.Second
+	args.Targets = []discovery.Target{
+		discovery.NewTargetFromMap(map[string]string{
+			java.LabelProcessID: fmt.Sprintf("%d", pid),
+			"service_name":      "spring-petclinic",
+		}),
+	}
+	javaComponent, err := java.New(
+		log.With(l, "component", "pyroscope.java"),
+		reg,
+		"test-java",
+		args,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to create java component")
+
+	wg.Add(2)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		_ = javaComponent.Run(ctx)
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for ctx.Err() == nil {
+			burn(javaEndpoint)
+			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		req := &querierv1.SelectMergeProfileRequest{
+			ProfileTypeID: `process_cpu:cpu:nanoseconds:cpu:nanoseconds`,
+			LabelSelector: `{service_name="spring-petclinic"}`,
+			Start:         time.Now().Add(-time.Hour).UnixMilli(),
+			End:           time.Now().UnixMilli(),
+		}
+		res, err := test.Query(pyroscopeEndpoint, req)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Error querying endpoint: %v", err)
+			return false
+		}
+		ss := res.String()
+		if !strings.Contains(ss, `org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetController.showVetList`) {
+			return false
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(ss, `libjvm.so.JavaThread::thread_main_inner`) {
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
+	}, 90*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond)
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		req := &querierv1.SelectMergeProfileRequest{
+			ProfileTypeID: `memory:alloc_in_new_tlab_bytes:bytes:space:bytes`,
+			LabelSelector: `{service_name="spring-petclinic"}`,
+			Start:         time.Now().Add(-time.Hour).UnixMilli(),
+			End:           time.Now().UnixMilli(),
+		}
+		res, err := test.Query(pyroscopeEndpoint, req)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Logf("Error querying endpoint: %v", err)
+			return false
+		}
+		ss := res.String()
+		if !strings.Contains(ss, `org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetController.showVetList`) {
+			return false
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(ss, `libjvm.so.JavaThread::thread_main_inner`) {
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
+	}, 90*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond)
+	cancel()
+}
+
+func burn(url string) {
+	_, _ = http.DefaultClient.Get(url + "/")
+	_, _ = http.DefaultClient.Get(url + "/owners/find")
+	_, _ = http.DefaultClient.Get(url + "/vets")
+	_, _ = http.DefaultClient.Get(url + "/oups")
+}
diff --git a/internal/component/pyroscope/testutil/components.go b/internal/component/pyroscope/testutil/components.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbf0ef75eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/component/pyroscope/testutil/components.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//go:build linux && (arm64 || amd64)
+
+package testutil
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope/write"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"
+)
+
+// CreateWriteComponent creates a pyroscope.write component that forwards to the given endpoint
+func CreateWriteComponent(l log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, endpoint string) (pyroscope.Appendable, error) {
+	var receiver pyroscope.Appendable
+	e := write.GetDefaultEndpointOptions()
+	e.URL = endpoint
+
+	_, err := write.New(
+		log.With(l, "component", "pyroscope.write"),
+		noop.Tracer{},
+		reg,
+		func(exports write.Exports) {
+			receiver = exports.Receiver
+		},
+		"test",
+		"",
+		write.Arguments{Endpoints: []*write.EndpointOptions{&e}},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating write component: %w", err)
+	}
+	return receiver, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/component/pyroscope/util/internal/cmd/playground/main.go b/internal/component/pyroscope/util/internal/cmd/playground/main.go
index 45e1d293dd..400c88d351 100644
--- a/internal/component/pyroscope/util/internal/cmd/playground/main.go
+++ b/internal/component/pyroscope/util/internal/cmd/playground/main.go
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope/ebpf"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope/java"
-	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope/write"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope/testutil"
 	"github.com/oklog/run"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -39,20 +38,7 @@ func parseConfig() *config {
 }
 
 func newWrite() pyroscope.Appendable {
-	var receiver pyroscope.Appendable
-	e := write.GetDefaultEndpointOptions()
-	e.URL = "http://localhost:4040"
-	_, err := write.New(
-		log.With(l, "component", "write"),
-		noop.Tracer{},
-		reg,
-		func(exports write.Exports) {
-			receiver = exports.Receiver
-		},
-		"playground",
-		"",
-		write.Arguments{Endpoints: []*write.EndpointOptions{&e}},
-	)
+	receiver, err := testutil.CreateWriteComponent(l, reg, "http://localhost:4040")
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = l.Log("msg", "error creating write component", "err", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/container/java.go b/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/container/java.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2942dd0eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/container/java.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	stdlog "log"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
+	"github.com/docker/go-connections/nat"
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
+	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
+)
+
+func StartJavaApplicationContainer(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, l log.Logger) (testcontainers.Container, string, int) {
+	req := testcontainers.ContainerRequest{
+		Image:        "springcommunity/spring-framework-petclinic:latest",
+		ExposedPorts: []string{"8080/tcp"},
+		WaitingFor:   wait.ForHTTP("/").WithPort("8080/tcp").WithStartupTimeout(3 * time.Minute),
+		Env: map[string]string{
+			"JAVA_OPTS": "-Xmx512m -Xms256m",
+		},
+		HostConfigModifier: func(hc *container.HostConfig) {
+			hc.PidMode = "host"
+		},
+	}
+
+	c, err := testcontainers.GenericContainer(ctx, testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest{
+		ContainerRequest: req,
+		Started:          true,
+		Logger:           stdlog.New(log.NewStdlibAdapter(l), "", 0),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		err := testcontainers.TerminateContainer(c)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	mappedPort, err := c.MappedPort(ctx, nat.Port("8080/tcp"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	host, err := c.Host(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s", host, mappedPort.Port())
+	inspected, err := c.Inspect(t.Context())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return c, endpoint, inspected.State.Pid
+}
diff --git a/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/container/pyroscope.go b/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/container/pyroscope.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfde5ae261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/container/pyroscope.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	stdlog "log"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
+	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
+)
+
+func StartPyroscopeContainer(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, l log.Logger) (testcontainers.Container, string) {
+	req := testcontainers.ContainerRequest{
+		Image:        "grafana/pyroscope:latest",
+		Cmd:          []string{"--ingester.min-ready-duration=0s"},
+		ExposedPorts: []string{"4040/tcp"},
+		WaitingFor:   wait.ForHTTP("/ready").WithPort("4040/tcp"),
+		Env: map[string]string{
+			"PYROSCOPE_LOG_LEVEL": "debug",
+		},
+	}
+
+	c, err := testcontainers.GenericContainer(ctx, testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest{
+		ContainerRequest: req,
+		Started:          true,
+		Logger:           stdlog.New(log.NewStdlibAdapter(l), "", 0),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		err := testcontainers.TerminateContainer(c)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	mappedPort, err := c.MappedPort(ctx, "4040/tcp")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	host, err := c.Host(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s", host, mappedPort.Port())
+	return c, endpoint
+}
diff --git a/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/query.go b/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/query.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cb8ed3e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/component/pyroscope/util/test/query.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"connectrpc.com/connect"
+	"github.com/google/pprof/profile"
+	querierv1 "github.com/grafana/pyroscope/api/gen/proto/go/querier/v1"
+	"github.com/grafana/pyroscope/api/gen/proto/go/querier/v1/querierv1connect"
+)
+
+func Query(url string, q *querierv1.SelectMergeProfileRequest) (*profile.Profile, error) {
+	client := querierv1connect.NewQuerierServiceClient(http.DefaultClient, url)
+	res, err := client.SelectMergeProfile(context.Background(), connect.NewRequest(q))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	bs, err := res.Msg.MarshalVT()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return profile.ParseData(bs)
+}