diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Start/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f4cb9939c..13088ebda2 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ add_subdirectory(App)
 
 set(Start_Scripts
     Init.py
+    TestStartGui.py
 )
 
 if(BUILD_GUI)
@@ -11,18 +12,40 @@ if(BUILD_GUI)
     add_subdirectory(StartPage)
 endif(BUILD_GUI)
 
+set(Start_Tests
+    TestStart/__init__.py
+    TestStart/TestStartPage.py)
+
+set(Start_Test_Files
+    ${Start_Tests}
+    ${Start_Scripts})
+
 add_custom_target(StartScripts ALL
     SOURCES ${Start_Scripts}
 )
 
+add_custom_target(StartTests ALL
+    SOURCES ${Start_Test_Files}
+)
+
 fc_target_copy_resource(StartScripts
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Start
     ${Start_Scripts})
 
+fc_copy_sources(StartTests "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Mod/Start" ${Start_Test_Files})
+
+
 INSTALL(
     FILES
         ${Start_Scripts}
     DESTINATION
         Mod/Start
 )
+
+INSTALL(
+    FILES
+        ${Start_Tests}
+    DESTINATION
+        Mod/Start/testStart
+)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/InitGui.py b/src/Mod/Start/InitGui.py
index 359f2ea576..f324325b7b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/InitGui.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/InitGui.py
@@ -47,3 +47,5 @@ class StartWorkbench ( Workbench ):
         return "StartGui::Workbench"
 
 Gui.addWorkbench(StartWorkbench())
+
+FreeCAD.__unit_test__ += [ "TestStartGui" ]
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/TestStart/TestStartPage.py b/src/Mod/Start/TestStart/TestStartPage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fc1968bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/TestStart/TestStartPage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *   Copyright (c) 2021 Chris Hennes <chennes@pioneerlibrarysystem.org>    *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+# *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+# *   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+# *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+# *   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+# *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+# *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+# *   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
+# *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+# *   USA                                                                   *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+
+import unittest
+import FreeCAD
+import Start
+from StartPage import StartPage
+from html.parser import HTMLParser
+
+class TestStartPage(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Basic validation of the generated Start page."""
+
+    MODULE = 'TestStartPage' # file name without extension
+
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/TestStart/__init__.py b/src/Mod/Start/TestStart/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/TestStartGui.py b/src/Mod/Start/TestStartGui.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03d957b10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/TestStartGui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *   Copyright (c) 2021 Chris Hennes <chennes@pioneerlibrarysystem.org>    *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+# *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+# *   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+# *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+# *   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+# *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+# *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+# *   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
+# *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+# *   USA                                                                   *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+
+import TestApp
+
+from TestStart.TestStartPage import TestStartPage
+
+# dummy usage to get flake8 and lgtm quiet
+False if TestApp.__name__ else True
+False if TestStartPage.__name__ else True