diff --git a/src/app/directives/tests/link.test.ts b/src/app/directives/tests/link.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30a99db90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/directives/tests/link.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// (C) Copyright 2015 Moodle Pty Ltd.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+import { CoreLinkDirective } from '@directives/link';
+
+import { renderTemplate } from '@/tests/utils';
+
+describe('CoreLinkDirective', () => {
+
+    it('should render', async () => {
+        // Act
+        const fixture = await renderTemplate(
+            CoreLinkDirective,
+            '<a href="https://moodle.org/" core-link [capture]="true">Link</a>',
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML.trim()).not.toHaveLength(0);
+
+        const anchor = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('a');
+        expect(anchor).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(anchor.href).toEqual('https://moodle.org/');
+    });
+
+    it.todo('should capture clicks');
+
+});
diff --git a/src/tests/utils.ts b/src/tests/utils.ts
index 58d93164a..f15be53ae 100644
--- a/src/tests/utils.ts
+++ b/src/tests/utils.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,24 @@ export async function renderComponent<T>(component: Type<T>, config: Partial<Ren
     });
 }
 
+export async function renderTemplate<T>(
+    component: Type<T>,
+    template: string,
+    config: Partial<RenderConfig> = {},
+): Promise<WrapperComponentFixture<T>> {
+    config.declarations = config.declarations ?? [];
+    config.declarations.push(component);
+
+    return renderAngularComponent(
+        createWrapperComponent(template, component),
+        {
+            declarations: [],
+            providers: [],
+            ...config,
+        },
+    );
+}
+
 export async function renderWrapperComponent<T>(
     component: Type<T>,
     tag: string,
@@ -84,17 +102,7 @@ export async function renderWrapperComponent<T>(
         .map(([name, value]) => `${name}="${value.toString().replace(/"/g, '&quot;')}"`)
         .join(' ');
 
-    config.declarations = config.declarations ?? [];
-    config.declarations.push(component);
-
-    return renderAngularComponent(
-        createWrapperComponent(`<${tag} ${inputAttributes}></${tag}>`, component),
-        {
-            declarations: [],
-            providers: [],
-            ...config,
-        },
-    );
+    return renderTemplate(component, `<${tag} ${inputAttributes}></${tag}>`, config);
 }
 
 async function renderAngularComponent<T>(component: Type<T>, config: RenderConfig): Promise<ComponentFixture<T>> {