diff --git a/taqueria-plugin-ligo/compile.ts b/taqueria-plugin-ligo/compile.ts
index 10dc71c293..a130f20892 100644
--- a/taqueria-plugin-ligo/compile.ts
+++ b/taqueria-plugin-ligo/compile.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ const compileExprs = (parsedArgs: Opts, sourceFile: string, exprKind: ExprKind):
 		})
 		.then(mergeArtifactsOutput(sourceFile));
 
-const compileContractWithStorageAndParameter = async (parsedArgs: Opts, sourceFile: string) => {
+const compileContractWithStorageAndParameter = async (parsedArgs: Opts, sourceFile: string): Promise<TableRow[]> => {
 	const contractCompileResult = await compileContract(parsedArgs, sourceFile);
 	if (contractCompileResult.artifact === COMPILE_ERR_MSG) return [contractCompileResult];
 
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ const mergeArtifactsOutput = (sourceFile: string) =>
 
 export const compile = (parsedArgs: Opts): Promise<void> => {
 	const sourceFile = parsedArgs.sourceFile;
-	if (!sourceFile) return sendAsyncErr('No source file specified.');
 	let p: Promise<TableRow[]>;
 	if (isStoragesFile(sourceFile)) p = compileExprs(parsedArgs, sourceFile, 'storage');
 	else if (isParametersFile(sourceFile)) p = compileExprs(parsedArgs, sourceFile, 'parameter');
diff --git a/taqueria-plugin-ligo/index.ts b/taqueria-plugin-ligo/index.ts
index 7958041d9d..7ff3886d08 100644
--- a/taqueria-plugin-ligo/index.ts
+++ b/taqueria-plugin-ligo/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ Plugin.create(i18n => ({
 			handler: 'proxy',
 			encoding: 'json',
 		}),
+		Task.create({
+			task: 'test',
+			command: 'test <sourceFile>',
+			description: 'Test a smart contract written in LIGO',
+			handler: 'proxy',
+			encoding: 'json',
+		}),
 	],
 	templates: [
 		Template.create({
diff --git a/taqueria-plugin-ligo/ligo.ts b/taqueria-plugin-ligo/ligo.ts
index 347570e4c9..61109724ae 100644
--- a/taqueria-plugin-ligo/ligo.ts
+++ b/taqueria-plugin-ligo/ligo.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { sendAsyncErr } from '@taqueria/node-sdk';
 import { RequestArgs } from '@taqueria/node-sdk/types';
 import compile from './compile';
+import { test } from './test';
 
 interface Opts extends RequestArgs.ProxyRequestArgs {
 	sourceFile: string;
@@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ export const ligo = (parsedArgs: Opts): Promise<void> => {
 	switch (parsedArgs.task) {
 		case 'compile':
 			return compile(parsedArgs);
-		// case 'test':
-		// 	return test(parsedArgs); // TODO: to be implemented in the future
+		case 'test':
+			return test(parsedArgs);
 		default:
 			return sendAsyncErr(`${parsedArgs.task} is not an understood task by the LIGO plugin`);
 	}
diff --git a/taqueria-plugin-ligo/test.ts b/taqueria-plugin-ligo/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a02fdaa729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taqueria-plugin-ligo/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { execCmd, getArch, sendAsyncErr, sendErr, sendJsonRes, sendWarn } from '@taqueria/node-sdk';
+import { RequestArgs } from '@taqueria/node-sdk/types';
+import { access, readFile, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { basename, extname, join } from 'path';
+
+interface Opts extends RequestArgs.t {
+	sourceFile: string;
+}
+
+type TableRow = { contract: string; testResults: string };
+
+const getInputFilename = (parsedArgs: Opts, sourceFile: string): string =>
+	join(parsedArgs.config.contractsDir, sourceFile);
+
+const getTestContractCmd = (parsedArgs: Opts, sourceFile: string): string => {
+	const projectDir = process.env.PROJECT_DIR ?? parsedArgs.projectDir;
+	if (!projectDir) throw `No project directory provided`;
+	const baseCmd =
+		`DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM=linux/amd64 docker run --rm -v \"${projectDir}\":/project -w /project -u $(id -u):$(id -g) ligolang/ligo:next run test`;
+	const inputFile = getInputFilename(parsedArgs, sourceFile);
+	const cmd = `${baseCmd} ${inputFile}`;
+	return cmd;
+};
+
+const testContract = (parsedArgs: Opts, sourceFile: string): Promise<TableRow> =>
+	getArch()
+		.then(() => getTestContractCmd(parsedArgs, sourceFile))
+		.then(execCmd)
+		.then(({ stdout, stderr }) => {
+			if (stderr.length > 0) sendWarn(stderr);
+			const result = '🎉 All tests passed 🎉';
+			return {
+				contract: sourceFile,
+				testResults: stdout.length > 0 ? `${stdout}\n${result}` : result,
+			};
+		})
+		.catch(err => {
+			sendErr(`\n=== For ${sourceFile} ===`);
+			sendErr(err.message.replace(/Command failed.+?\n/, ''));
+			return {
+				contract: sourceFile,
+				testResults: 'Some tests failed :(',
+			};
+		});
+
+export const test = (parsedArgs: Opts): Promise<void> => {
+	const sourceFile = parsedArgs.sourceFile;
+	return testContract(parsedArgs, sourceFile).then(results => [results]).then(sendJsonRes).catch(err =>
+		sendAsyncErr(err, false)
+	);
+};
+
+export default test;