diff --git a/devtools/project-core-extension-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/extension-codestarts/picocli-codestart/java/src/test/java/org/acme/GreetingCommandTest.java b/devtools/project-core-extension-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/extension-codestarts/picocli-codestart/java/src/test/java/org/acme/GreetingCommandTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..70149a0d3abf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtools/project-core-extension-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/extension-codestarts/picocli-codestart/java/src/test/java/org/acme/GreetingCommandTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.acme;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.Launch;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.LaunchResult;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.QuarkusMainLauncher;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.QuarkusMainTest;
+
+@QuarkusMainTest
+public class GreetingCommandTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBasicLaunch(QuarkusMainLauncher launcher) {
+        LaunchResult result = launcher.launch();
+        assertTrue(result.getOutput().contains("Hello picocli, go go commando!"), result.getOutput());
+        assertEquals(result.exitCode(), 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Launch({ "Alice" })
+    public void testLaunchWithArguments(LaunchResult result) {
+        assertTrue(result.getOutput().contains("Hello Alice, go go commando!"), result.getOutput());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/devtools/project-core-extension-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/extension-codestarts/picocli-codestart/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/org/acme/GreetingCommandTest.kt b/devtools/project-core-extension-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/extension-codestarts/picocli-codestart/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/org/acme/GreetingCommandTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bfd024872624d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtools/project-core-extension-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/extension-codestarts/picocli-codestart/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/org/acme/GreetingCommandTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.acme
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.Launch
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.LaunchResult
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.QuarkusMainLauncher
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.QuarkusMainTest
+
+@QuarkusMainTest
+class GreetingCommandTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun testBasicLaunch(launcher: QuarkusMainLauncher) {
+        val result = launcher.launch()
+        assertTrue(result.output.contains("Hello picocli, go go commando!"), result.output)
+        assertEquals(0, result.exitCode)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Launch(["Alice"])
+    fun testLaunchWithArguments(result: LaunchResult) {
+        assertTrue(result.output.contains("Hello Alice, go go commando!"), result.output)
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/PicocliCodestartTest.java b/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/PicocliCodestartTest.java
index dee806c2728a4..6d3c7bd93491b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/PicocliCodestartTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/PicocliCodestartTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class PicocliCodestartTest {
     @Test
     void testContent() throws Throwable {
         codestartTest.checkGeneratedSource("org.acme.GreetingCommand");
+        codestartTest.checkGeneratedTestSource("org.acme.GreetingCommandTest");
 
         codestartTest.assertThatGeneratedFile(JAVA, "README.md")
                 .satisfies(checkContains("./mvnw quarkus:dev -Dquarkus.args='Quarky"));
diff --git a/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/PicocliCodestartTest/testContent/src_test_java_ilove_quark_us_GreetingCommandTest.java b/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/PicocliCodestartTest/testContent/src_test_java_ilove_quark_us_GreetingCommandTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..60e741b34a00d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/PicocliCodestartTest/testContent/src_test_java_ilove_quark_us_GreetingCommandTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package ilove.quark.us;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.Launch;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.LaunchResult;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.QuarkusMainLauncher;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.QuarkusMainTest;
+
+@QuarkusMainTest
+public class GreetingCommandTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBasicLaunch(QuarkusMainLauncher launcher) {
+        LaunchResult result = launcher.launch();
+        assertTrue(result.getOutput().contains("Hello picocli, go go commando!"), result.getOutput());
+        assertEquals(result.exitCode(), 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Launch({ "Alice" })
+    public void testLaunchWithArguments(LaunchResult result) {
+        assertTrue(result.getOutput().contains("Hello Alice, go go commando!"), result.getOutput());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/PicocliCodestartTest/testContent/src_test_kotlin_ilove_quark_us_GreetingCommandTest.kt b/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/PicocliCodestartTest/testContent/src_test_kotlin_ilove_quark_us_GreetingCommandTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6aa1c5643dc9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/PicocliCodestartTest/testContent/src_test_kotlin_ilove_quark_us_GreetingCommandTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package ilove.quark.us
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.Launch
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.LaunchResult
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.QuarkusMainLauncher
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.main.QuarkusMainTest
+
+@QuarkusMainTest
+class GreetingCommandTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun testBasicLaunch(launcher: QuarkusMainLauncher) {
+        val result = launcher.launch()
+        assertTrue(result.output.contains("Hello picocli, go go commando!"), result.output)
+        assertEquals(0, result.exitCode)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Launch(["Alice"])
+    fun testLaunchWithArguments(result: LaunchResult) {
+        assertTrue(result.output.contains("Hello Alice, go go commando!"), result.output)
+    }
+}
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