diff --git a/oak-segment-tar/pom.xml b/oak-segment-tar/pom.xml
index ff4b6803ef..c846df7bc1 100644
--- a/oak-segment-tar/pom.xml
+++ b/oak-segment-tar/pom.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,14 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>osgi.core</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.framework</artifactId>
+            <version>1.10.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.util.tracker</artifactId>
+            <version>1.5.4</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -367,7 +374,12 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Testing dependencies -->
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
@@ -398,6 +410,29 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <version>5.10.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.framework</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.sling.testing.osgi-unit</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-T20240110144927-3d8e9e8f</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr</artifactId>
+            <version>2.1.30</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
             <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
diff --git a/oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/osgi/SplitPersistenceServiceTest.java b/oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/osgi/SplitPersistenceServiceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e6b923e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/osgi/SplitPersistenceServiceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.osgi;
+
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.CommitFailedException;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.SegmentNodeStore;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.SegmentNodeStoreBuilders;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.FileStore;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.FileStoreBuilder;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.InvalidFileStoreVersionException;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.tar.TarPersistence;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.SegmentNodeStorePersistence;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.CommitInfo;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.EmptyHook;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeBuilder;
+import org.apache.sling.testing.osgi.unit.OSGiSupport;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
+import org.osgi.framework.InvalidSyntaxException;
+import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.osgi.framework.FrameworkUtil.asDictionary;
+
+public class SplitPersistenceServiceTest {
+
+    /**
+     *  Verifies that a minimally-configured <tt>SplitPersistence</tt> can be registered successfully
+     */
+    @Test
+    @OSGiSupport(additionalClasses = SplitPersistenceService.class)
+    void bootstrap(@TempDir File roDir, @TempDir File rwDir, BundleContext ctx) throws IOException, InvalidFileStoreVersionException, CommitFailedException, InvalidSyntaxException {
+        SegmentNodeStorePersistence roPersistence = new TarPersistence(roDir);
+
+        FileStore baseFileStore = FileStoreBuilder
+                .fileStoreBuilder(roDir)
+                .withCustomPersistence(roPersistence)
+                .build();
+        SegmentNodeStore base = SegmentNodeStoreBuilders.builder(baseFileStore).build();
+
+        NodeBuilder builder = base.getRoot().builder();
+        builder.child("foo").child("bar").setProperty("version", "v1");
+        base.merge(builder, EmptyHook.INSTANCE, CommitInfo.EMPTY);
+        baseFileStore.flush();
+        baseFileStore.close();
+
+        SegmentNodeStorePersistence localPersistence = new TarPersistence(rwDir);
+
+        ctx.registerService(SegmentNodeStorePersistence.class, roPersistence, asDictionary(Map.of("role", "split-persistence-ro")));
+        ctx.registerService(SegmentNodeStorePersistence.class, localPersistence, asDictionary(Map.of("role", "split-persistence-rw")));
+
+        final Collection<ServiceReference<SegmentNodeStorePersistence>> serviceReferences = ctx.getServiceReferences(SegmentNodeStorePersistence.class, null);
+        assertThat("No SegmentNodeStorePersistence registered", serviceReferences, notNullValue());
+        assertThat("SegmentNodeStorePersistence registrations different of 3", serviceReferences.size(), is(3));
+    }
+}