diff --git a/pyuno/PythonTest_pyuno_pytests_testofficehelper.mk b/pyuno/PythonTest_pyuno_pytests_testofficehelper.mk
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+# -*- Mode: makefile-gmake; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
+#
+# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+$(eval $(call gb_PythonTest_PythonTest,pyuno_pytests_testofficehelper))
+$(eval $(call gb_PythonTest_add_modules,pyuno_pytests_testofficehelper,$(SRCDIR)/pyuno/qa/pytests,\
+    testofficehelper \
+))
+# vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
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diff --git a/pyuno/qa/pytests/testofficehelper.py b/pyuno/qa/pytests/testofficehelper.py
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+import unittest
+from officehelper import bootstrap, BootstrapException
+
+
+class OfficeHelperTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """officehelper.py must provide:
+    Support of Windows, Mac OS X & GNU/Linux distributions
+    Customizable connection with 'delays' **kwarg
+    Reporting to console with 'report' **kwarg
+    Memory cleanup from soffice service
+    extra features may be:
+    Python source documentation
+    """
+    def test_default_config(self):
+        # Check default timeout and number of attempts
+        # Stop LibreOffice running service
+        ctx = bootstrap()  # Default settings suffice to initialize the service
+        #time.sleep(10)  # gve
+        if ctx:  # stop soffice as a service
+            smgr = ctx.getServiceManager()
+            desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", ctx)
+            desktop.terminate()
+        self.assertTrue(ctx)  # check for failure
+
+    def test_kwargs(self):
+        # Wait differently for LO to start, request context 10 times
+        # Report processing in console
+        ctx = bootstrap(delays=[1,]*10, report=print)
+        if ctx:  # stop soffice as a service
+            smgr = ctx.getServiceManager()
+            desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", ctx)
+            desktop.terminate()
+        self.assertTrue(ctx)
+
+    def test_exception(self):
+        # Raise BootstrapException and stop ALL PRESENT LibreOffice running services
+        with self.assertRaises(BootstrapException):
+            bootstrap(delays=[0,], report=print)  # delays=[0,] must raise BootstrapException
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    unittest.main()
+
+    # ~ dir(__name__)
+    # ~ help(__name__)
+    # ~ help(bootstrap)
+    # ~ exit()
+
+# vim: set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab