diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/TechDraw/CMakeLists.txt
index dda88d9836..4cc0642cba 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ SET(TDTest_SRCS
     TDTest/DProjGroupTest.py
     TDTest/DVAnnoSymImageTest.py
     TDTest/DrawViewAnnotationTest.py
+    TDTest/DrawViewSymbolTest.py
     TDTest/DVDimensionTest.py
     TDTest/DVPartTest.py
     TDTest/DVSectionTest.py
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/TDTest/DVAnnoSymImageTest.py b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TDTest/DVAnnoSymImageTest.py
index 01bd1b9813..76d6a0ced3 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/TDTest/DVAnnoSymImageTest.py
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TDTest/DVAnnoSymImageTest.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ def DVAnnoSymImageTest():
     path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
     print("TDTestAnno path: " + path)
     templateFileSpec = path + "/TestTemplate.svg"
-    symbolFileSpec = path + "/TestSymbol.svg"
     imageFileSpec = path + "/TestImage.png"
 
     FreeCAD.newDocument("TDAnno")
@@ -26,16 +25,6 @@ def DVAnnoSymImageTest():
     FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Page.Template = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.Template
     # page.ViewObject.show()  # unit tests run in console mode
 
-    # symbol
-    sym = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("TechDraw::DrawViewSymbol", "TestSymbol")
-    f = open(symbolFileSpec, "r")
-    svg = f.read()
-    f.close()
-    sym.Symbol = svg
-    page.addView(sym)
-    sym.X = 220.0
-    sym.Y = 150.0
-
     # image
     img = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("TechDraw::DrawViewImage", "TestImage")
     img.ImageFile = imageFileSpec
@@ -43,10 +32,7 @@ def DVAnnoSymImageTest():
 
     FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
     rc = False
-    if (
-        ("Up-to-date" in sym.State)
-        and ("Up-to-date" in img.State)
-    ):
+    if "Up-to-date" in img.State:
         rc = True
 
     FreeCAD.closeDocument("TDAnno")
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/TDTest/DrawViewSymbolTest.py b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TDTest/DrawViewSymbolTest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9343b608a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TDTest/DrawViewSymbolTest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import FreeCAD
+import os
+import unittest
+from .TechDrawTestUtilities import createPageWithSVGTemplate
+
+
+class DrawViewSymbolTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Creates a page"""
+        FreeCAD.newDocument("TDAnno")
+        FreeCAD.setActiveDocument("TDAnno")
+        FreeCAD.ActiveDocument = FreeCAD.getDocument("TDAnno")
+        self.page = createPageWithSVGTemplate("TDAnno")
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        FreeCAD.closeDocument("TDAnno")
+
+    def testMakeSymbol(self):
+        """Tests if an symbol can be added to page"""
+        sym = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("TechDraw::DrawViewSymbol", "TestSymbol")
+        path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        symbolFileSpec = path + "/TestSymbol.svg"
+        f = open(symbolFileSpec, "r")
+        svg = f.read()
+        f.close()
+        sym.Symbol = svg
+        self.page.addView(sym)
+        sym.X = 220.0
+        sym.Y = 150.0
+
+        FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
+
+        self.assertTrue("Up-to-date" in sym.State)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/TestTechDrawApp.py b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TestTechDrawApp.py
index 9403299f0f..e13cd2d53f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/TestTechDrawApp.py
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/TestTechDrawApp.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 import unittest
 
 from TDTest.DrawHatchTest import DrawHatchTest  # noqa: F401
-from TDTest.DrawViewAnnotationTest import DrawViewAnnotationTest # noqa: F401
+from TDTest.DrawViewAnnotationTest import DrawViewAnnotationTest  # noqa: F401
+from TDTest.DrawViewSymbolTest import DrawViewSymbolTest
 from TDTest.DProjGroupTest import DProjGroupTest
 from TDTest.DVAnnoSymImageTest import DVAnnoSymImageTest
 from TDTest.DVDimensionTest import DVDimensionTest