diff --git a/x-pack/scripts/functional_tests.js b/x-pack/scripts/functional_tests.js
index 2ac8fff6ef8ab..6efe35dd58e7b 100644
--- a/x-pack/scripts/functional_tests.js
+++ b/x-pack/scripts/functional_tests.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require('@kbn/test').runTestsCli([
   require.resolve('../test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/config.ts'),
   require.resolve('../test/alerting_api_integration/security_and_spaces/config.ts'),
   require.resolve('../test/plugin_api_integration/config.js'),
+  require.resolve('../test/plugin_functional/config.js'),
   require.resolve('../test/kerberos_api_integration/config'),
   require.resolve('../test/kerberos_api_integration/anonymous_access.config'),
   require.resolve('../test/saml_api_integration/config'),
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/config.ts b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6c3c496da71f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { FtrConfigProviderContext } from '@kbn/test/types/ftr';
+import { services } from './services';
+import { pageObjects } from './page_objects';
+
+// the default export of config files must be a config provider
+// that returns an object with the projects config values
+
+/* eslint-disable import/no-default-export */
+export default async function({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProviderContext) {
+  const xpackFunctionalConfig = await readConfigFile(require.resolve('../functional/config.js'));
+
+  // Find all folders in ./plugins since we treat all them as plugin folder
+  const allFiles = fs.readdirSync(resolve(__dirname, 'plugins'));
+  const plugins = allFiles.filter(file =>
+    fs.statSync(resolve(__dirname, 'plugins', file)).isDirectory()
+  );
+
+  return {
+    // list paths to the files that contain your plugins tests
+    testFiles: [resolve(__dirname, './test_suites/resolver')],
+
+    services,
+    pageObjects,
+
+    servers: xpackFunctionalConfig.get('servers'),
+
+    esTestCluster: xpackFunctionalConfig.get('esTestCluster'),
+
+    kbnTestServer: {
+      ...xpackFunctionalConfig.get('kbnTestServer'),
+      serverArgs: [
+        ...xpackFunctionalConfig.get('kbnTestServer.serverArgs'),
+        ...plugins.map(pluginDir => `--plugin-path=${resolve(__dirname, 'plugins', pluginDir)}`),
+        // Required to load new platform plugins via `--plugin-path` flag.
+        '--env.name=development',
+        '--xpack.endpoint.enabled=true',
+      ],
+    },
+    uiSettings: xpackFunctionalConfig.get('uiSettings'),
+    // the apps section defines the urls that
+    // `PageObjects.common.navigateTo(appKey)` will use.
+    // Merge urls for your plugin with the urls defined in
+    // Kibana's config in order to use this helper
+    apps: {
+      ...xpackFunctionalConfig.get('apps'),
+      resolverTest: {
+        pathname: '/app/resolver_test',
+      },
+    },
+
+    // choose where esArchiver should load archives from
+    esArchiver: {
+      directory: resolve(__dirname, 'es_archives'),
+    },
+
+    // choose where screenshots should be saved
+    screenshots: {
+      directory: resolve(__dirname, 'screenshots'),
+    },
+
+    junit: {
+      reportName: 'Chrome X-Pack UI Plugin Functional Tests',
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/ftr_provider_context.d.ts b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/ftr_provider_context.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..271f313d4bda9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/ftr_provider_context.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { GenericFtrProviderContext } from '@kbn/test/types/ftr';
+import { services } from './services';
+import { pageObjects } from './page_objects';
+
+export type FtrProviderContext = GenericFtrProviderContext<typeof services, typeof pageObjects>;
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/page_objects.ts b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/page_objects.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a216b0f2cd47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/page_objects.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+export { pageObjects } from '../functional/page_objects';
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/plugins/resolver_test/public/applications/resolver_test/index.tsx b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/plugins/resolver_test/public/applications/resolver_test/index.tsx
index 2ce821d47fdd6..3ac955884b28b 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/plugins/resolver_test/public/applications/resolver_test/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/plugins/resolver_test/public/applications/resolver_test/index.tsx
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ const AppRoot: React.FC<{
     }
   }, [embeddable, renderTarget]);
 
-  return <div ref={setRenderTarget} />;
+  return <div data-test-subj="resolverEmbeddableContainer" ref={setRenderTarget} />;
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/services.ts b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/services.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5c807720b2867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/services.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+export { services } from '../functional/services';
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/resolver/index.ts b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/resolver/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a0735f216e309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/resolver/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
+
+export default function({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
+  const pageObjects = getPageObjects(['common']);
+  const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
+
+  describe('Resolver embeddable test app', function() {
+    this.tags('ciGroup7');
+
+    beforeEach(async function() {
+      await pageObjects.common.navigateToApp('resolverTest');
+    });
+
+    it('renders a container div for the embeddable', async function() {
+      await testSubjects.existOrFail('resolverEmbeddableContainer');
+    });
+    it('renders resolver', async function() {
+      await testSubjects.existOrFail('resolverEmbeddable');
+    });
+  });
+}