diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4375ad4..5f57d60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ results
 npm-debug.log
 node_modules
 
+coverage
 dist
-build
\ No newline at end of file
+build
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ec91ac5..9cc931e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - yarn install --no-lockfile
+  - yarn add openlayers@^3
 
 script:
+  - yarn lint
   - yarn test
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd4b2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports = {
+  // Automatically clear mock calls and instances between every test
+  clearMocks: true,
+
+  // The directory where Jest should output its coverage files
+  coverageDirectory: "coverage",
+};
diff --git a/js/ol3-sidebar.js b/js/ol3-sidebar.js
index fc0fae2..cdb73ef 100644
--- a/js/ol3-sidebar.js
+++ b/js/ol3-sidebar.js
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+// detect jsdom environment
+// borrowed from: https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom/issues/1537
+var ol;
+if (navigator.userAgent.includes("Node.js") || navigator.userAgent.includes("jsdom")) {
+  ol = require('openlayers');
+}
+
 ol.control.Sidebar = function (settings) {
 
     var defaults = {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 15896df..1ae03d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/turbo87/sidebar-v2.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "gulp lint"
+    "lint": "gulp lint",
+    "test": "jest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "gulp": "~4.0.0",
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
     "gulp-sass": "^3.1.0",
     "gulp-uglify": "~3.0.0",
     "gulp-zip": "~4.0.0",
+    "jest": "^24.9.0",
     "jshint": "^2.9.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/sidebar-ol.test.js b/tests/sidebar-ol.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da2e63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sidebar-ol.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// work around jsdom canvas issue in jest
+HTMLCanvasElement.prototype.getContext = jest.fn()
+
+var ol = require('openlayers');
+var Sidebar = require('../js/ol3-sidebar');
+
+describe('Simple sidebar object instantiation', function() {
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    document.body.innerHTML =
+      '<div id="sidebar" class="sidebar collapsed">' +
+      '  <div class="sidebar-tabs">' +
+      '  </div>' +
+      '  <div class="sidebar-content">' +
+      '  </div>' +
+      '</div>' +
+      '<div id="map" class="sidebar-map"></div>';
+  });
+
+  test('Sidebar object minimal instantiation', function() {
+    var sidebar = new ol.control.Sidebar({ element: 'sidebar' });
+
+    expect(sidebar).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  test('Sidebar constructor sets position option', function() {
+    var sidebar = new ol.control.Sidebar({
+      element: 'sidebar',
+      position: 'right'
+    });
+
+    expect(sidebar._options.position).toBe('right');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Check sidebar configurations', function() {
+  test('Minimal sidebar structure contains expected elements', function() {
+    document.body.innerHTML =
+      '<div id="sidebar" class="sidebar collapsed">' +
+      '  <div class="sidebar-tabs">' +
+      '    <ul>' +
+      '      <li>single item</li>' +
+      '    </ul>' +
+      '  </div>' +
+      '  <div class="sidebar-content">' +
+      '    <div class="sidebar-pane">' +
+      '      <span class="sidebar-close"></span>' +
+      '    </div>' +
+      '  </div>' +
+      '</div>' +
+      '<div id="map" class="sidebar-map"></div>';
+    var sidebar = new ol.control.Sidebar({ element: 'sidebar' });
+
+    expect(sidebar._tabitems.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(sidebar._panes.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(sidebar._closeButtons.length).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Check sidebar API', function() {
+  var map, sidebar;
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    document.body.innerHTML =
+      '<div id="sidebar" class="sidebar collapsed">' +
+      '  <div class="sidebar-tabs">' +
+      '    <ul>' +
+      '      <li><a href="#home">Home</a></li>' +
+      '    </ul>' +
+      '  </div>' +
+      '  <div class="sidebar-content">' +
+      '    <div class="sidebar-pane">' +
+      '      <span class="sidebar-close"></span>' +
+      '    </div>' +
+      '  </div>' +
+      '</div>' +
+      '<div id="map" class="sidebar-map"></div>';
+    map = new ol.Map({
+      target: 'map',
+      layers: [
+        new ol.layer.Tile({
+          source: new ol.source.OSM()
+        })
+      ],
+      view: new ol.View({
+        center: ol.proj.transform([7, 51.2], 'EPSG:4326', 'EPSG:3857'),
+        zoom: 4
+      })
+    });
+    sidebar = new ol.control.Sidebar({ element: 'sidebar' });
+  });
+
+  test('Sidebar control gets added to map', function() {
+    var numControlsBefore = map.getControls().getArray().length;
+    map.addControl(sidebar);
+    var numControlsAfter = map.getControls().getArray().length;
+
+    expect(numControlsAfter - numControlsBefore).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('Sidebar is not collapsed when opened', function() {
+    map.addControl(sidebar);
+    sidebar.open();
+    var sidebarDivClass = document.getElementById('sidebar').getAttribute('class');
+
+    expect(sidebarDivClass).not.toContain('collapsed');
+  });
+
+  test('Sidebar is collapsed after being closed', function() {
+    map.addControl(sidebar);
+    var sidebarDivClass = document.getElementById('sidebar').getAttribute('class');
+
+    expect(sidebarDivClass).toContain('collapsed');
+
+    sidebar.open();
+
+    sidebarDivClass = document.getElementById('sidebar').getAttribute('class');
+    expect(sidebarDivClass).not.toContain('collapsed');
+
+    sidebar.close();
+
+    sidebarDivClass = document.getElementById('sidebar').getAttribute('class');
+    expect(sidebarDivClass).toContain('collapsed');
+  });
+});