diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 0451d8341c..5ffd0e5398 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -2295,6 +2295,7 @@ F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_pydantic_settings.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_ruamel_yaml.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_sdbus_modemmanager.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_tzlocal.py
+F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink/
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_waitress.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_whitenoise.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_apscheduler.py
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8595582f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import os
+
+from tests.package.test_python import TestPythonPackageBase
+
+
+class TestPythonPy3Varlink(TestPythonPackageBase):
+    __test__ = True
+    config = TestPythonPackageBase.config + \
+        """
+        BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_VARLINK=y
+        """
+    sample_scripts = ["tests/package/test_python_varlink/sample_python_varlink.py",
+                      "tests/package/test_python_varlink/org.example.test.varlink"]
+
+    def test_run(self):
+        self.login()
+        self.check_sample_scripts_exist()
+        # we need to supress any output here as otherwise the commnd output parsing
+        # gets confused for the second command
+        cmd = "%s %s  > /dev/null 2>&1 &" % (self.interpreter, os.path.basename(self.sample_scripts[0]))
+
+        _, exit_code = self.emulator.run(cmd, timeout=self.timeout)
+
+        varlink_cli_call = "-m varlink.cli call 'unix:@test/org.example.test.Ping' '{\"ping\": \"hello\"}'"
+        unprettyprint = "| python -m json.tool --compact"
+        cmd = "%s %s %s" % (self.interpreter, varlink_cli_call, unprettyprint)
+        output, exit_code = self.emulator.run(cmd, timeout=self.timeout)
+        self.assertEqual(exit_code, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(output[0], '{"pong":"hello"}')
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink/org.example.test.varlink b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink/org.example.test.varlink
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c199824e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink/org.example.test.varlink
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Example Varlink service
+interface org.example.test
+
+# Returns the same string
+method Ping(ping: string) -> (pong: string)
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink/sample_python_varlink.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink/sample_python_varlink.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..567d95da80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_varlink/sample_python_varlink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import os
+
+import varlink
+
+service = varlink.Service(interface_dir=os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+class ServiceRequestHandler(varlink.RequestHandler):
+    service = service
+
+
+@service.interface("org.example.test")
+class Example:
+    def Ping(self, ping):
+        return {"pong": ping}
+
+
+def run_server(address):
+    with varlink.ThreadingServer(address, ServiceRequestHandler) as server:
+        print("Listening on", server.server_address)
+        server.serve_forever()
+
+
+run_server("unix:@test")