diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 9189df4d1..f8ce17e5d 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
from urllib import parse
from urllib.request import urlopen
+import os
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'settings')
+
+
import pytest
from tests.fake_webapp_server import start_server, stop_server
diff --git a/tests/test_starletteclient.py b/tests/test_starletteclient.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0a8a1573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_starletteclient.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from starlette.responses import HTMLResponse
+from splinter import Browser
+import pytest
+import logging
+
+# ----- Step 1: Define a minimal FastAPI application -----
+app = FastAPI()
+
+@app.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+def read_root():
+ # Return an HTML page with a title set to "Example Domain"
+ return """
+
+
+
+ Example Domain
+
+
+ Welcome to Example Domain
+ This is a sample page for testing.
+
+
+ """
+
+# ----- Step 2: Write the test function using the StarletteClient -----
+def test_starlette_client():
+ browser = Browser("starlette", app=app)
+
+ try:
+ # Visit the local route "/" served by our FastAPI app.
+ browser.visit("/")
+
+ # Check the title to match the expected "Example Domain"
+ assert browser.title == "Example Domain"
+
+ # Assert that some content is present on the page (the header in this case)
+ assert browser.is_text_present("Welcome to Example Domain")
+
+ # Check for the presence of a paragraph (new test case)
+ assert browser.is_text_present("This is a sample page for testing.")
+
+ # Optionally, check that the number of tags is exactly one
+ assert len(browser.find_by_tag("h1")) == 1
+
+ except ValueError as e:
+ logging.error(f"Test failed: {e}") # Log the error if we catch it
+
+ except Exception as e:
+ logging.error(f"Unexpected error: {e}")
+
+ finally:
+ # Clean up (quit() is a no-op for the StarletteClient)
+ browser.quit()