diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/.gitignore b/ui/StatusQ/.gitignore
index a7255d0a4b..5bb63e00cc 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/.gitignore
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ Makefile
 *_qml.cpp
 *_qmlcache.qrc
 sandbox/qmlcache_loader.cpp
-doc/html
\ No newline at end of file
+doc/html
+CMakeLists.txt.user
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/TestControls/CMakeLists.txt b/ui/StatusQ/tests/TestControls/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dea62f28b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/TestControls/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+
+project(TestStatusInputWithRegex LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+enable_testing()
+
+# TODO: Workaround until we make StatusQ a CMake library
+list(APPEND QML_DIRS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/")
+set(QML_IMPORT_PATH "${QML_DIRS}" CACHE STRING "Qt Creator extra qml import paths")
+set(QML2_IMPORT_PATH "${QML_DIRS}" CACHE STRING "Qt Creator extra qml import paths")
+
+find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 COMPONENTS QuickTest Qml REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} COMPONENTS QuickTest Qml REQUIRED)
+
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+
+set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
+set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+# no need to copy around qml test files for shadow builds - just set the respective define
+add_definitions(-DQUICK_TEST_SOURCE_DIR="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+
+add_executable(TestStatusInputWithRegex main.cpp)
+add_test(NAME TestStatusInputWithRegex COMMAND TestStatusInputWithRegex)
+
+target_link_libraries(TestStatusInputWithRegex PRIVATE
+    Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::QuickTest
+    Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Qml)
+
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/TestControls/main.cpp b/ui/StatusQ/tests/TestControls/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f83f0da52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/TestControls/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include <QtQuickTest/quicktest.h>
+#include <QQmlEngine>
+
+class TestSetup : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    TestSetup() {}
+
+public slots:
+    void qmlEngineAvailable(QQmlEngine *engine)
+    {
+        // TODO: Workaround until we make StatusQ a CMake library
+        engine->addImportPath("../../src/");
+    }
+};
+
+QUICK_TEST_MAIN_WITH_SETUP(TestControls, TestSetup)
+
+#include "main.moc"
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/tests/TestControls/tst_test-statusinput.qml b/ui/StatusQ/tests/TestControls/tst_test-statusinput.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8c7a22bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/tests/TestControls/tst_test-statusinput.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import QtQuick 2.0
+import QtTest 1.0
+
+import StatusQ.Controls 0.1
+import StatusQ.Controls.Validators 0.1
+
+Item {
+    width: 300
+    height: 100
+
+    property int _defaultValidationMode
+
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        _defaultValidationMode = statusInput.validationMode
+    }
+    StatusInput {
+        id: statusInput
+        label: "Control under test"
+        charLimit: 30
+        input.placeholderText: `Must match regex(${validators[0].regularExpression.toString()}) and <= 30 chars`
+        focus: true
+
+        validators: [
+            StatusRegularExpressionValidator {
+                regularExpression: /^[0-9A-Za-z_\$-\s]*$/
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+    TestCase {
+        name: "RegexValidationTest"
+
+        when: windowShown
+
+        //
+        // Test guards
+        function initTestCase() {
+            mouseClick(statusInput)
+        }
+
+        function cleanup() {
+            statusInput.text = ""
+            statusInput.validationMode = _defaultValidationMode
+        }
+
+        //
+        // Tests
+        function test_initial_empty_is_valid() {
+            verify(statusInput.valid, "Expected valid input")
+        }
+
+        function test_regex_validation() {
+            keyClick(Qt.Key_1)
+            verify(statusInput.valid, "Expected valid input")
+            keyClick(Qt.Key_Ampersand)
+            verify(!statusInput.valid, "Expected invalid input")
+        }
+
+        function test_no_invalid_input() {
+            statusInput.validationMode = StatusInput.ValidationMode.IgnoreInvalidInput
+
+            verify(statusInput.valid, "Expected valid input")
+            verify(statusInput.text.length === 0, "Expected no input")
+            keyClick(Qt.Key_2)
+            verify(statusInput.valid, "Expected valid input")
+            verify(statusInput.text === "2", "Expect one character")
+            keyClick(Qt.Key_Ampersand)
+            verify(statusInput.valid, "Expected invalid input")
+            verify(statusInput.text === "2", "Expect the same input")
+        }
+
+        // Use case expected in case new validation changes are enabled with old unvalid data
+        function test_user_can_delete_initial_invalid_input() {
+            const appendInvalidChars = "#@!*"
+
+            statusInput.text = "invalid $" + appendInvalidChars
+            keyClick(Qt.Key_End)
+            verify(!statusInput.valid, "Expected invalid input due to characters not matching")
+            // Delete invalid characters to get a valid text
+            for(let i = 0; i < appendInvalidChars.length; ++i)
+                keyClick(Qt.Key_Backspace)
+            verify(statusInput.valid, "Expected valid input")
+        }
+    }
+}