diff --git a/tests/template_jinja2/conftest.py b/tests/template_jinja2/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6922078d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template_jinja2/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copyright 2010 New Relic, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from testing_support.fixtures import (  # noqa: F401; pylint: disable=W0611
+    collector_agent_registration_fixture,
+    collector_available_fixture,
+)
+
+_default_settings = {
+    "transaction_tracer.explain_threshold": 0.0,
+    "transaction_tracer.transaction_threshold": 0.0,
+    "transaction_tracer.stack_trace_threshold": 0.0,
+    "debug.log_data_collector_payloads": True,
+    "debug.record_transaction_failure": True,
+}
+
+collector_agent_registration = collector_agent_registration_fixture(
+    app_name="Python Agent Test (template_jinja2)", default_settings=_default_settings
+)
diff --git a/tests/template_jinja2/test_jinja2.py b/tests/template_jinja2/test_jinja2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c64dac9234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template_jinja2/test_jinja2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Copyright 2010 New Relic, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from jinja2 import Template
+from testing_support.validators.validate_transaction_metrics import (
+    validate_transaction_metrics,
+)
+
+from newrelic.api.background_task import background_task
+
+
+@validate_transaction_metrics(
+    "test_render",
+    background_task=True,
+    scoped_metrics=(
+        ("Template/Render/<template>", 1),
+        ("Template/Compile/<template>", 1),
+    ),
+)
+@background_task(name="test_render")
+def test_render():
+    template_to_render = Template("hello, {{ name }}!")
+    result = template_to_render.render(name="NR")
+    assert result == "hello, NR!"
+
+
+def test_render_outside_txn():
+    template_to_render = Template("hello, {{ name }}!")
+    result = template_to_render.render(name="NR")
+    assert result == "hello, NR!"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 29b74feae7..32ab90995a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ envlist =
     kafka-messagebroker_kafkapython-{pypy27,py27,py37,py38,pypy38}-kafkapythonlatest,
     kafka-messagebroker_kafkapython-{py27,py38}-kafkapython{020001,020000,0104},
     python-template_genshi-{py27,py37,py311}-genshilatest
+    python-template_jinja2-{py37,py311}-jinja2latest
     python-template_mako-{py27,py37,py310,py311}
 
 [testenv]
@@ -382,6 +383,7 @@ deps =
     messagebroker_kafkapython-kafkapython020000: kafka-python<2.0.1
     messagebroker_kafkapython-kafkapython0104: kafka-python<1.5
     template_genshi-genshilatest: genshi
+    template_jinja2-jinja2latest: Jinja2
     template_mako: mako
 
 setenv =
@@ -491,6 +493,7 @@ changedir =
     messagebroker_confluentkafka: tests/messagebroker_confluentkafka
     messagebroker_kafkapython: tests/messagebroker_kafkapython
     template_genshi: tests/template_genshi
+    template_jinja2: tests/template_jinja2
     template_mako: tests/template_mako
 
 [pytest]