diff --git a/src/testing/platform/testing-platform.ts b/src/testing/platform/testing-platform.ts
index 7ec1d78e..d157a0d8 100644
--- a/src/testing/platform/testing-platform.ts
+++ b/src/testing/platform/testing-platform.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export async function startAutoApplyChanges(): Promise<void> {
  * @param Cstrs the component constructors to register
  */
 export const registerComponents = (Cstrs: d.ComponentTestingConstructor[]): void => {
-  Cstrs.forEach((Cstr) => {
+  Cstrs.filter((Cstr) => Cstr.COMPILER_META).forEach((Cstr) => {
     cstrs.set(Cstr.COMPILER_META.tagName, Cstr);
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/testing/spec-page.ts b/src/testing/spec-page.ts
index f79398f1..f6c9836d 100644
--- a/src/testing/spec-page.ts
+++ b/src/testing/spec-page.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ import { formatLazyBundleRuntimeMeta } from '@utils';
 import { getBuildFeatures } from '../compiler/app-core/app-data';
 import { resetBuildConditionals } from './reset-build-conditionals';
 
+/**
+ * Generates a random number for use in generating a bundle id
+ * @returns a random number between 100000 and 999999
+ */
+const generateRandBundleId = () => Math.round(Math.random() * 899999) + 100000;
+
 /**
  * Creates a new spec page for unit testing
  * @param opts the options to apply to the spec page that influence its configuration and operation
@@ -85,8 +91,15 @@ export async function newSpecPage(opts: NewSpecPageOptions): Promise<SpecPage> {
   };
 
   const lazyBundles: LazyBundlesRuntimeData = opts.components.map((Cstr: ComponentTestingConstructor) => {
+    /**
+     * just pass through functional components that don't have styles nor any other metadata
+     */
     if (Cstr.COMPILER_META == null) {
-      throw new Error(`Invalid component class: Missing static "COMPILER_META" property.`);
+      /**
+       * the bundleId can be arbitrary, but must be unique
+       */
+      const arbitraryBundleId = `fc.${generateRandBundleId()}`;
+      return formatLazyBundleRuntimeMeta(arbitraryBundleId, []);
     }
 
     cmpTags.add(Cstr.COMPILER_META.tagName);
@@ -94,7 +107,7 @@ export async function newSpecPage(opts: NewSpecPageOptions): Promise<SpecPage> {
 
     proxyComponentLifeCycles(Cstr);
 
-    const bundleId = `${Cstr.COMPILER_META.tagName}.${Math.round(Math.random() * 899999) + 100000}`;
+    const bundleId = `${Cstr.COMPILER_META.tagName}.${generateRandBundleId()}`;
     const stylesMeta = Cstr.COMPILER_META.styles;
     if (Array.isArray(stylesMeta)) {
       if (stylesMeta.length > 1) {
@@ -113,7 +126,9 @@ export async function newSpecPage(opts: NewSpecPageOptions): Promise<SpecPage> {
     return lazyBundleRuntimeMeta;
   });
 
-  const cmpCompilerMeta = opts.components.map((Cstr) => Cstr.COMPILER_META as ComponentCompilerMeta);
+  const cmpCompilerMeta = opts.components
+    .filter((Cstr) => Cstr.COMPILER_META != null)
+    .map((Cstr) => Cstr.COMPILER_META as ComponentCompilerMeta);
   const cmpBuild = getBuildFeatures(cmpCompilerMeta);
   if (opts.strictBuild) {
     Object.assign(BUILD, cmpBuild);
diff --git a/src/testing/test/__fixtures__/cmp.tsx b/src/testing/test/__fixtures__/cmp.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11b6b15a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testing/test/__fixtures__/cmp.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Component, h } from '@rindo/core';
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'class-component',
+  shadow: true,
+})
+export class ClassComponent {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <h1>I am a class component</h1>
+        <slot></slot>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/testing/test/functional.spec.tsx b/src/testing/test/functional.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5899275a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testing/test/functional.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { Fragment, h } from '@rindo/core';
+import { newSpecPage, SpecPage } from '@rindo/core/testing';
+
+import { ClassComponent } from './__fixtures__/cmp';
+
+describe('testing function and class components', () => {
+  it('can render a single functional component', async () => {
+    const MyFunctionalComponent = () => <div>Hello World</div>;
+    const page: SpecPage = await newSpecPage({
+      components: [MyFunctionalComponent],
+      template: () => <MyFunctionalComponent></MyFunctionalComponent>,
+    });
+    expect(page.root).toEqualHtml(`<div>Hello World</div>`);
+  });
+
+  it('can render a single functional component with props', async () => {
+    const MyFunctionalComponent = (props: { foo: 'bar' }) => <div>{props.foo}</div>;
+    const page: SpecPage = await newSpecPage({
+      components: [MyFunctionalComponent],
+      template: () => <MyFunctionalComponent foo="bar"></MyFunctionalComponent>,
+    });
+    expect(page.root).toEqualHtml(`<div>bar</div>`);
+  });
+
+  it('can render a single functional component with children', async () => {
+    const MyFunctionalComponent: Fragment = (props: never, children: Fragment) => <div>{children}</div>;
+    const page: SpecPage = await newSpecPage({
+      components: [MyFunctionalComponent],
+      template: () => <MyFunctionalComponent>Hello World</MyFunctionalComponent>,
+    });
+    expect(page.root).toEqualHtml(`<div>Hello World</div>`);
+  });
+
+  it('can render a single functional component with children and props', async () => {
+    const MyFunctionalComponent = (props: { foo: 'bar' }, children: Fragment) => (
+      <div>
+        {children} - {props.foo}
+      </div>
+    );
+    const page: SpecPage = await newSpecPage({
+      components: [MyFunctionalComponent],
+      template: () => <MyFunctionalComponent foo="bar">Hello World</MyFunctionalComponent>,
+    });
+    expect(page.root).toEqualHtml(`<div>Hello World - bar</div>`);
+  });
+
+  it('can render a class component with a functional component', async () => {
+    const MyFunctionalComponent = (props: never, children: Fragment) => (
+      <div>I am a functional component - {children}</div>
+    );
+    const page: SpecPage = await newSpecPage({
+      components: [ClassComponent],
+      template: () => (
+        <class-component>
+          <MyFunctionalComponent>Yes I am!</MyFunctionalComponent>
+        </class-component>
+      ),
+    });
+    expect(page.root).toEqualHtml(`<class-component>
+  <mock:shadow-root>
+    <div>
+      <h1>
+        I am a class component
+      </h1>
+      <slot></slot>
+    </div>
+  </mock:shadow-root>
+  <div>
+    I am a functional component - Yes I am!
+  </div>
+</class-component>
+`);
+  });
+
+  it('can render a functional component within a class component', async () => {
+    const MyFunctionalComponent = (props: never, children: Fragment) => (
+      <div>
+        <h1>I am a functional component</h1>
+        {children}
+      </div>
+    );
+    const page: SpecPage = await newSpecPage({
+      components: [ClassComponent],
+      template: () => (
+        <MyFunctionalComponent>
+          <class-component>Yes I am!</class-component>
+        </MyFunctionalComponent>
+      ),
+    });
+    expect(page.body).toEqualHtml(`<div>
+    <h1>
+      I am a functional component
+    </h1>
+    <class-component>
+      <mock:shadow-root>
+        <div>
+          <h1>
+            I am a class component
+          </h1>
+          <slot></slot>
+        </div>
+      </mock:shadow-root>
+      Yes I am!
+    </class-component>
+  </div>`);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/testing/test/tsconfig.json b/src/testing/test/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5910d30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testing/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../testing/tsconfig.internal.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "paths": {
+      "@rindo/core": ["../../index.ts"],
+      "@rindo/core/testing": ["../../testing/index.ts"],
+      "@platform": ["../../client/index.ts"],
+    },
+  },
+  "include": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx"],
+}