diff --git a/tests/interactive-panels/applications/gtp-sidebar-widget.desktop.in b/tests/interactive-panels/applications/gtp-sidebar-widget.desktop.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e3749241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/interactive-panels/applications/gtp-sidebar-widget.desktop.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Another Sidebar Widget
+Comment=Panel that embeds a widget at the sidebar
+Exec=gnome-control-center sidebar-widget
+Icon=go-first-symbolic
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+NoDisplay=true
+StartupNotify=true
+Categories=GNOME;GTK;Settings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;X-GNOME-DetailsSettings;
+OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/interactive-panels/applications/gtp-toplevel-sidebar-widget.desktop.in b/tests/interactive-panels/applications/gtp-toplevel-sidebar-widget.desktop.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6d4aa8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/interactive-panels/applications/gtp-toplevel-sidebar-widget.desktop.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Sidebar Widget
+Comment=Panel that embeds a widget at the sidebar
+Exec=gnome-control-center sidebar-widget
+Icon=go-first-symbolic
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+NoDisplay=true
+StartupNotify=true
+Categories=GNOME;GTK;Settings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;X-GNOME-ConnectivitySettings;
+OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/interactive-panels/applications/meson.build b/tests/interactive-panels/applications/meson.build
index c688d5514..2657f9588 100644
--- a/tests/interactive-panels/applications/meson.build
+++ b/tests/interactive-panels/applications/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 desktop_files = [
   'dynamic-panel',
   'header-widget',
+  'sidebar-widget',
   'static-init',
+  'toplevel-sidebar-widget',
 ]
 
 foreach desktop_file : desktop_files
diff --git a/tests/interactive-panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.c b/tests/interactive-panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..139572424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/interactive-panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.c
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* gtp-sidebar-widget.c
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Georges Basile Stavracas Neto <georges.stavracas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "gtp-sidebar-widget.h"
+
+struct _GtpSidebarWidget
+{
+  CcPanel    parent;
+
+  GtkWidget *sidebar_widget;
+};
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GtpSidebarWidget, gtp_sidebar_widget, CC_TYPE_PANEL)
+
+static GtkWidget*
+gtp_sidebar_widget_get_sidebar_widget (CcPanel *panel)
+{
+  GtpSidebarWidget *self = GTP_SIDEBAR_WIDGET (panel);
+  return self->sidebar_widget;
+}
+
+static void
+gtp_sidebar_widget_class_init (GtpSidebarWidgetClass *klass)
+{
+  CcPanelClass *panel_class = CC_PANEL_CLASS (klass);
+  GtkWidgetClass *widget_class = GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (klass);
+
+  panel_class->get_sidebar_widget = gtp_sidebar_widget_get_sidebar_widget;
+
+  gtk_widget_class_set_template_from_resource (widget_class, "/org/gnome/control-center/tests/panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.ui");
+
+  gtk_widget_class_bind_template_child (widget_class, GtpSidebarWidget, sidebar_widget);
+}
+
+static void
+gtp_sidebar_widget_init (GtpSidebarWidget *self)
+{
+  gtk_widget_init_template (GTK_WIDGET (self));
+}
diff --git a/tests/interactive-panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.h b/tests/interactive-panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bf8dfee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/interactive-panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* gtp-sidebar-widget.h
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Georges Basile Stavracas Neto <georges.stavracas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <shell/cc-panel.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GTP_TYPE_SIDEBAR_WIDGET (gtp_sidebar_widget_get_type())
+G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (GtpSidebarWidget, gtp_sidebar_widget, GTP, SIDEBAR_WIDGET, CcPanel)
+
+G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/tests/interactive-panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.ui b/tests/interactive-panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.ui
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad91c725c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/interactive-panels/gtp-sidebar-widget.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<interface>
+  <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.22"/>
+  <template class="GtpSidebarWidget" parent="CcPanel">
+    <property name="visible">True</property>
+    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+    <child>
+      <object class="GtkBox">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+        <property name="halign">center</property>
+        <property name="valign">center</property>
+        <property name="hexpand">True</property>
+        <property name="vexpand">True</property>
+        <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
+        <property name="spacing">12</property>
+        <child>
+          <object class="GtkImage">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+            <property name="pixel_size">96</property>
+            <property name="icon_name">go-first-symbolic</property>
+            <style>
+              <class name="dim-label"/>
+            </style>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+        <child>
+          <object class="GtkLabel">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+            <property name="label">Embedding widgets in the sidebar</property>
+            <style>
+              <class name="dim-label"/>
+            </style>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+      </object>
+    </child>
+  </template>
+
+  <object class="GtkLabel" id="sidebar_widget">
+    <property name="visible">True</property>
+    <property name="label">I'm a sidebar widget</property>
+  </object>
+</interface>
+
diff --git a/tests/interactive-panels/main.c b/tests/interactive-panels/main.c
index 13e43cb3c..0b0faaad2 100644
--- a/tests/interactive-panels/main.c
+++ b/tests/interactive-panels/main.c
@@ -31,13 +31,16 @@
 
 #include "gtp-dynamic-panel.h"
 #include "gtp-header-widget.h"
+#include "gtp-sidebar-widget.h"
 #include "gtp-static-init.h"
 
 /* Test panels */
 static CcPanelLoaderVtable test_panels[] = {
-  { "dynamic-panel", gtp_dynamic_panel_get_type, NULL                 },
-  { "header-widget", gtp_header_widget_get_type, NULL                 },
-  { "static-init",   gtp_static_init_get_type,   gtp_static_init_func },
+  { "dynamic-panel",           gtp_dynamic_panel_get_type,  NULL                 },
+  { "header-widget",           gtp_header_widget_get_type,  NULL                 },
+  { "sidebar-widget",          gtp_sidebar_widget_get_type, NULL                 },
+  { "static-init",             gtp_static_init_get_type,    gtp_static_init_func },
+  { "toplevel-sidebar-widget", gtp_sidebar_widget_get_type, NULL                 },
 };
 
 static void
diff --git a/tests/interactive-panels/meson.build b/tests/interactive-panels/meson.build
index 6c0f15166..04856ee7d 100644
--- a/tests/interactive-panels/meson.build
+++ b/tests/interactive-panels/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ subdir('applications')
 sources = files(
   'gtp-dynamic-panel.c',
   'gtp-header-widget.c',
+  'gtp-sidebar-widget.c',
   'gtp-static-init.c',
   'main.c',
 )
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ sources = files(
 resource_data = files(
   'gtp-dynamic-panel.ui',
   'gtp-header-widget.ui',
+  'gtp-sidebar-widget.ui',
   'gtp-static-init.ui',
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/interactive-panels/panels.gresource.xml b/tests/interactive-panels/panels.gresource.xml
index 5a3cfe613..9fc6605c8 100644
--- a/tests/interactive-panels/panels.gresource.xml
+++ b/tests/interactive-panels/panels.gresource.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <gresource prefix="/org/gnome/control-center/tests/panels">
     <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">gtp-dynamic-panel.ui</file>
     <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">gtp-header-widget.ui</file>
+    <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">gtp-sidebar-widget.ui</file>
     <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">gtp-static-init.ui</file>
   </gresource>
 </gresources>