diff --git a/test/functional/testSuites.js b/test/functional/testSuites.js
index 24f37b6da6..b352400a17 100644
--- a/test/functional/testSuites.js
+++ b/test/functional/testSuites.js
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ const seekPeriods = require('./tests/seekPeriods');
 const audioSwitch = require('./tests/audioSwitch');
 const textSwitch = require('./tests/textSwitch');
 const initialAudio = require('./tests/initialAudio');
+const initialText = require('./tests/initialText');
 const ended = require('./tests/ended');
 
 var registerSuites = function (stream) {
-    var suites = intern.config.testSuites || ['playFromTime', 'pause', 'seek', 'seekPeriods', 'audioSwitch', 'textSwitch','initialAudio' , 'ended'];
+    var suites = intern.config.testSuites || ['playFromTime', 'pause', 'seek', 'seekPeriods', 'audioSwitch', 'textSwitch','initialAudio' , 'initialText','ended'];
   
     setup.register(stream);
     play.register(stream);
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ var registerSuites = function (stream) {
     if (suites.indexOf('audioSwitch') !== -1) audioSwitch.register(stream);
     if (suites.indexOf('textSwitch') !== -1) textSwitch.register(stream);
     if (suites.indexOf('initialAudio') !== -1) initialAudio.register(stream);
+    if (suites.indexOf('initialText') !== -1) initialText.register(stream);
     if (suites.indexOf('ended') !== -1) ended.register(stream);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/functional/tests/initialText.js b/test/functional/tests/initialText.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..169268f17b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/tests/initialText.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+INITIAL_Text:
+- for each text track:
+    - load test page
+    - load elements
+    - set initial text track
+    - load stream
+    - play stream
+    - check new current text track
+    - check if playback progressing
+**/
+const intern = require('intern').default;
+const { suite, before, test} = intern.getPlugin('interface.tdd');
+const { assert } = intern.getPlugin('chai');
+
+const utils = require('./scripts/utils.js');
+const player = require('./scripts/player.js');
+
+// Suite name
+const NAME = 'INITIAL_TEXT';
+
+// test constants
+const SWITCH_WAIT = 3;
+const SWITCH_TIMEOUT = 60;
+
+exports.register = function (stream) {
+
+    suite(utils.testName(NAME, stream), (suite) => {
+
+        before(() => {
+            if (!stream.available || stream.textTracks.text.length < 1 && stream.textTracks.fragmentedText.length < 1) suite.skip();
+            utils.log(NAME, 'Load stream');
+
+        });
+
+        test('switch text track', async (test) => {
+            // Set test timeout
+            test.timeout = SWITCH_TIMEOUT * 1000;
+
+            for(let textType in stream.textTracks){
+                for (let i = 0; i < stream.textTracks[textType].length ; i++) {
+                    // reload page
+                    command = test.remote.get(intern.config.testPage);
+                    await command.execute(player.setAutoPlay, [false]);
+
+                    //Load needed elements into doc for Captions to function
+                    let ttml =  await command.findById('ttml-rendering-div');
+                    await command.execute(player.attachTTMLRenderingDiv, [ttml]);
+                    await command.execute(player.setTextDefaultEnabled, [true]);
+
+                    // set initial track
+                    utils.log(NAME, 'set initial text track: ' + stream.textTracks[textType][i].lang);
+                    await command.execute(player.setInitialMediaSettingsFor, [textType, {
+                        lang: stream.textTracks[textType][i].lang
+                    }]);
+                    await command.execute(player.loadStream, [stream]);
+                    await command.execute(player.play, []);
+
+                    // Wait
+                    await command.sleep(SWITCH_WAIT * 1000);
+
+                    // Check if initial track is correct
+                    const newTrack = await command.execute(player.getCurrentTrackFor, [textType]);
+                    utils.log(NAME, 'current audio track: ' + newTrack.lang);
+                    assert.deepEqual(newTrack.lang, stream.textTracks[textType][i].lang);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    });
+};
diff --git a/test/functional/tests/scripts/player.js b/test/functional/tests/scripts/player.js
index b2dc70fe39..51bbc6a59d 100644
--- a/test/functional/tests/scripts/player.js
+++ b/test/functional/tests/scripts/player.js
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ module.exports = {
     setTextDefaultEnabled: function(bool){
         player.setTextDefaultEnabled(bool);
     },
-
     attachTTMLRenderingDiv: function(ttmlDiv){
         player.attachTTMLRenderingDiv(ttmlDiv);
     }