diff --git a/.github/workflows/testoar.yml b/.github/workflows/testoar.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3e320c292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/testoar.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: OAR
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - feature/oar
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+      fail-fast: false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    env:
+      OAR_VERSION: 2.5.9
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Disable etelemetry
+      run: echo "NO_ET=TRUE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Checkout Pydra repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+    - name: Test oar with oardocker
+      run: |
+        python -m venv oardocker
+        cd oardocker
+        source bin/activate
+        pip install oar-docker
+        oardocker init -e bullseye
+        oardocker build
+        oardocker install http://oar-ftp.imag.fr/oar/2.5/sources/stable/oar-$OAR_VERSION.tar.gz
+        oardocker start -n 2 -v $PWD:/pydra -e NO_ET=$NO_ET
+        docker ps -a
+        cat /proc/1/cgroup
+        oardocker exec --no-tty frontend echo $NO_ET
+        oardocker exec --no-tty frontend ls -la /pydra && echo list pydra dir
+        oardocker exec --no-tty frontend pip install --upgrade pip
+        oardocker exec --no-tty frontend pip install -e ".[test]"
+        oardocker exec --no-tty frontend python -c 'import pydra; print(pydra.__version__)'
+        oardocker exec --no-tty frontend pytest --color=yes -vs --cov pydra --cov-config /pydra/.coveragerc --cov-report xml:/pydra/cov.xml --doctest-modules /pydra/pydra/ -k 'not test_audit_prov and not test_audit_prov_messdir_1 and not test_audit_prov_messdir_2 and not test_audit_prov_wf and not test_audit_all'
+        oardocker exec --no-tty frontend pip install codecov urllib3==1.26.6
+        oardocker exec --no-tty frontend codecov --root /pydra -f /pydra/cov.xml -F unittests
diff --git a/pydra/engine/tests/test_submitter.py b/pydra/engine/tests/test_submitter.py
index d65247e96a..f6463e1415 100644
--- a/pydra/engine/tests/test_submitter.py
+++ b/pydra/engine/tests/test_submitter.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from .utils import (
     need_sge,
     need_slurm,
+    need_oar,
     gen_basic_wf,
     gen_basic_wf_with_threadcount,
     gen_basic_wf_with_threadcount_concurrent,
@@ -573,6 +574,85 @@ def test_sge_no_limit_maxthreads(tmpdir):
     assert job_1_endtime > job_2_starttime
 
 
+@need_oar
+def test_oar_wf(tmpdir):
+    wf = gen_basic_wf()
+    wf.cache_dir = tmpdir
+    # submit workflow and every task as oar job
+    with Submitter("oar") as sub:
+        sub(wf)
+
+    res = wf.result()
+    assert res.output.out == 9
+    script_dir = tmpdir / "OarWorker_scripts"
+    assert script_dir.exists()
+    # ensure each task was executed with oar
+    assert len([sd for sd in script_dir.listdir() if sd.isdir()]) == 2
+
+
+@need_oar
+def test_oar_wf_cf(tmpdir):
+    # submit entire workflow as single job executing with cf worker
+    wf = gen_basic_wf()
+    wf.cache_dir = tmpdir
+    wf.plugin = "cf"
+    with Submitter("oar") as sub:
+        sub(wf)
+    res = wf.result()
+    assert res.output.out == 9
+    script_dir = tmpdir / "OarWorker_scripts"
+    assert script_dir.exists()
+    # ensure only workflow was executed with oar
+    sdirs = [sd for sd in script_dir.listdir() if sd.isdir()]
+    assert len(sdirs) == 1
+    # oar scripts should be in the dirs that are using uid in the name
+    assert sdirs[0].basename == wf.uid
+
+
+@need_oar
+def test_oar_wf_state(tmpdir):
+    wf = gen_basic_wf()
+    wf.split("x", x=[5, 6])
+    wf.cache_dir = tmpdir
+    with Submitter("oar") as sub:
+        sub(wf)
+    res = wf.result()
+    assert res[0].output.out == 9
+    assert res[1].output.out == 10
+    script_dir = tmpdir / "OarWorker_scripts"
+    assert script_dir.exists()
+    sdirs = [sd for sd in script_dir.listdir() if sd.isdir()]
+    assert len(sdirs) == 2 * len(wf.inputs.x)
+
+
+@need_oar
+def test_oar_args_1(tmpdir):
+    """testing sbatch_args provided to the submitter"""
+    task = sleep_add_one(x=1)
+    task.cache_dir = tmpdir
+    # submit workflow and every task as oar job
+    with Submitter("oar", oarsub_args="-l nodes=2") as sub:
+        sub(task)
+
+    res = task.result()
+    assert res.output.out == 2
+    script_dir = tmpdir / "OarWorker_scripts"
+    assert script_dir.exists()
+
+
+@need_oar
+def test_oar_args_2(tmpdir):
+    """testing oarsub_args provided to the submitter
+    exception should be raised for invalid options
+    """
+    task = sleep_add_one(x=1)
+    task.cache_dir = tmpdir
+    # submit workflow and every task as oar job
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="Error returned from oarsub:"):
+        with Submitter("oar", oarsub_args="-l nodes=2 --invalid") as sub:
+            sub(task)
+
+
 # @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Not sure")
 def test_wf_with_blocked_tasks(tmpdir):
     wf = Workflow(name="wf_with_blocked_tasks", input_spec=["x"])
diff --git a/pydra/engine/tests/utils.py b/pydra/engine/tests/utils.py
index a219a397bf..47f4d6481a 100644
--- a/pydra/engine/tests/utils.py
+++ b/pydra/engine/tests/utils.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
     not (bool(shutil.which("qsub")) and bool(shutil.which("qacct"))),
     reason="sge not available",
 )
+need_oar = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not (bool(shutil.which("oarsub")) and bool(shutil.which("oarstat"))),
+    reason="oar not available",
+)
 
 
 def result_no_submitter(shell_task, plugin=None):
diff --git a/pydra/engine/workers.py b/pydra/engine/workers.py
index f56e3a3d1e..742ae4d46a 100644
--- a/pydra/engine/workers.py
+++ b/pydra/engine/workers.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import sys
 import json
+import os
 import re
 from tempfile import gettempdir
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -186,6 +187,173 @@ def close(self):
         self.pool.shutdown()
 
 
+class OarWorker(DistributedWorker):
+    """A worker to execute tasks on OAR systems."""
+
+    _cmd = "oarsub"
+
+    def __init__(self, loop=None, max_jobs=None, poll_delay=1, oarsub_args=None):
+        """
+        Initialize OAR Worker.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        poll_delay : seconds
+            Delay between polls to oar
+        oarsub_args : str
+            Additional oarsub arguments
+        max_jobs : int
+            Maximum number of submitted jobs
+
+        """
+        super().__init__(loop=loop, max_jobs=max_jobs)
+        if not poll_delay or poll_delay < 0:
+            poll_delay = 0
+        self.poll_delay = poll_delay
+        self.oarsub_args = oarsub_args or ""
+        self.error = {}
+
+    def run_el(self, runnable, rerun=False):
+        """Worker submission API."""
+        script_dir, batch_script = self._prepare_runscripts(runnable, rerun=rerun)
+        if (script_dir / script_dir.parts[1]) == gettempdir():
+            logger.warning("Temporary directories may not be shared across computers")
+        if isinstance(runnable, TaskBase):
+            cache_dir = runnable.cache_dir
+            name = runnable.name
+            uid = runnable.uid
+        else:  # runnable is a tuple (ind, pkl file, task)
+            cache_dir = runnable[-1].cache_dir
+            name = runnable[-1].name
+            uid = f"{runnable[-1].uid}_{runnable[0]}"
+
+        return self._submit_job(batch_script, name=name, uid=uid, cache_dir=cache_dir)
+
+    def _prepare_runscripts(self, task, interpreter="/bin/sh", rerun=False):
+        if isinstance(task, TaskBase):
+            cache_dir = task.cache_dir
+            ind = None
+            uid = task.uid
+        else:
+            ind = task[0]
+            cache_dir = task[-1].cache_dir
+            uid = f"{task[-1].uid}_{ind}"
+
+        script_dir = cache_dir / f"{self.__class__.__name__}_scripts" / uid
+        script_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        if ind is None:
+            if not (script_dir / "_task.pkl").exists():
+                save(script_dir, task=task)
+        else:
+            copyfile(task[1], script_dir / "_task.pklz")
+
+        task_pkl = script_dir / "_task.pklz"
+        if not task_pkl.exists() or not task_pkl.stat().st_size:
+            raise Exception("Missing or empty task!")
+
+        batchscript = script_dir / f"batchscript_{uid}.sh"
+        python_string = (
+            f"""'from pydra.engine.helpers import load_and_run; """
+            f"""load_and_run(task_pkl="{task_pkl}", ind={ind}, rerun={rerun}) '"""
+        )
+        bcmd = "\n".join(
+            (
+                f"#!{interpreter}",
+                f"{sys.executable} -c " + python_string,
+            )
+        )
+        with batchscript.open("wt") as fp:
+            fp.writelines(bcmd)
+        os.chmod(batchscript, 0o544)
+        return script_dir, batchscript
+
+    async def _submit_job(self, batchscript, name, uid, cache_dir):
+        """Coroutine that submits task runscript and polls job until completion or error."""
+        script_dir = cache_dir / f"{self.__class__.__name__}_scripts" / uid
+        sargs = self.oarsub_args.split()
+        jobname = re.search(r"(?<=-n )\S+|(?<=--name=)\S+", self.oarsub_args)
+        if not jobname:
+            jobname = ".".join((name, uid))
+            sargs.append(f"--name={jobname}")
+        output = re.search(r"(?<=-O )\S+|(?<=--stdout=)\S+", self.oarsub_args)
+        if not output:
+            output_file = str(script_dir / "oar-%jobid%.out")
+            sargs.append(f"--stdout={output_file}")
+        error = re.search(r"(?<=-E )\S+|(?<=--stderr=)\S+", self.oarsub_args)
+        if not error:
+            error_file = str(script_dir / "oar-%jobid%.err")
+            sargs.append(f"--stderr={error_file}")
+        else:
+            error_file = None
+        sargs.append(str(batchscript))
+        # TO CONSIDER: add random sleep to avoid overloading calls
+        logger.debug(f"Submitting job {' '.join(sargs)}")
+        rc, stdout, stderr = await read_and_display_async(
+            self._cmd, *sargs, hide_display=True
+        )
+        jobid = re.search(r"OAR_JOB_ID=(\d+)", stdout)
+        if rc:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Error returned from oarsub: {stderr}")
+        elif not jobid:
+            raise RuntimeError("Could not extract job ID")
+        jobid = jobid.group(1)
+        if error_file:
+            error_file = error_file.replace("%jobid%", jobid)
+        self.error[jobid] = error_file.replace("%jobid%", jobid)
+        # intermittent polling
+        while True:
+            # 4 possibilities
+            # False: job is still pending/working
+            # Terminated: job is complete
+            # Error + idempotent: job has been stopped and resubmited with another jobid
+            # Error: Job failure
+            done = await self._poll_job(jobid)
+            if not done:
+                await asyncio.sleep(self.poll_delay)
+            elif done == "Terminated":
+                return True
+            elif done == "Error" and "idempotent" in self.oarsub_args:
+                logger.debug(
+                    f"Job {jobid} has been stopped. Looking for its resubmission..."
+                )
+                # loading info about task with a specific uid
+                info_file = cache_dir / f"{uid}_info.json"
+                if info_file.exists():
+                    checksum = json.loads(info_file.read_text())["checksum"]
+                    if (cache_dir / f"{checksum}.lock").exists():
+                        # for pyt3.8 we could you missing_ok=True
+                        (cache_dir / f"{checksum}.lock").unlink()
+                cmd_re = ("oarstat", "-J", "--sql", f"resubmit_job_id='{jobid}'")
+                _, stdout, _ = await read_and_display_async(*cmd_re, hide_display=True)
+                if not stdout:
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        "Job information about resubmission of job {jobid} not found"
+                    )
+                jobid = next(iter(json.loads(stdout).keys()), None)
+            else:
+                error_file = self.error[jobid]
+                error_line = Path(error_file).read_text().split("\n")[-2]
+                if "Exception" in error_line:
+                    error_message = error_line.replace("Exception: ", "")
+                elif "Error" in error_line:
+                    error_message = error_line.replace("Error: ", "")
+                else:
+                    error_message = "Job failed (unknown reason - TODO)"
+                raise Exception(error_message)
+                return True
+
+    async def _poll_job(self, jobid):
+        cmd = ("oarstat", "-J", "-s", "-j", jobid)
+        logger.debug(f"Polling job {jobid}")
+        _, stdout, _ = await read_and_display_async(*cmd, hide_display=True)
+        if not stdout:
+            raise RuntimeError("Job information not found")
+        status = json.loads(stdout)[jobid]
+        if status in ["Waiting", "Launching", "Running", "Finishing"]:
+            return False
+        return status
+
+
 class SlurmWorker(DistributedWorker):
     """A worker to execute tasks on SLURM systems."""
 
@@ -1042,6 +1210,7 @@ def close(self):
     "slurm": SlurmWorker,
     "dask": DaskWorker,
     "sge": SGEWorker,
+    "oar": OarWorker,
     **{
         "psij-" + subtype: lambda subtype=subtype: PsijWorker(subtype=subtype)
         for subtype in ["local", "slurm"]