diff --git a/plugins/Observability/src/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/Observability/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 64e1d825673cc..fa1ca96184f42 100644
--- a/plugins/Observability/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/Observability/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ ENDIF()
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(Observability-static STATIC ${Observability_SRCS} ${Observability_RES_CXX} ${ObservabilityDialog_UIS_H})
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(Observability-static Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets)
+
+IF(ENABLE_TESTING)
+    add_definitions("-DWITH_TESTING_ON")
+    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(test)
+ENDIF(ENABLE_TESTING)
+
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(Observability-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "Observability")
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(Observability-static PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DQT_STATICPLUGIN")
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(AllStaticPlugins Observability-static)
diff --git a/plugins/Observability/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/Observability/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..64711b9a7dd94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Observability/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+
+FIND_PACKAGE(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} COMPONENTS Test REQUIRED)
+
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(testObservability testObservability.hpp testObservability.cpp)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(testObservability Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Test Observability-static stelMain)
+ADD_TEST(testObservability testObservability)
+SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(testObservability PROPERTIES FOLDER "plugins/Observability/test")
+
diff --git a/plugins/Observability/src/test/testObservability.cpp b/plugins/Observability/src/test/testObservability.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f0c42c03b9fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Observability/src/test/testObservability.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Stellarium
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Georg Zotti
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA  02110-1335, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "testObservability.hpp"
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QtGlobal>
+#include <QVariantList>
+#include <QMap>
+
+QTEST_GUILESS_MAIN(TestObservability)
+
+void TestObservability::testDummy()
+{
+}
+
diff --git a/plugins/Observability/src/test/testObservability.hpp b/plugins/Observability/src/test/testObservability.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4078c7e0d9dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Observability/src/test/testObservability.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Stellarium
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Georg Zotti
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA  02110-1335, USA.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef TESTOBSERVABILITY_HPP
+#define TESTOBSERVABILITY_HPP
+
+#include <QtTest/QtTest>
+
+class TestObservability : public QObject
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+private slots:
+	void testDummy();
+};
+
+#endif // _TESTOBSERVABILITY_HPP