diff --git a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
index 19909922f..ec95ff49f 100644
--- a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,3 +82,9 @@ ecm_add_test(
     LINK_LIBRARIES neochat Qt::Test
     TEST_NAME messagecontentmodeltest
 )
+
+ecm_add_test(
+    actionstest.cpp
+    LINK_LIBRARIES neochat Qt::Test
+    TEST_NAME actionstest
+)
diff --git a/autotests/actionstest.cpp b/autotests/actionstest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2dab3b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/actionstest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Tobias Fella <tobias.fella@kde.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QTest>
+
+#include "chatbarcache.h"
+#include "models/actionsmodel.h"
+
+#include "testutils.h"
+
+using namespace Quotient;
+
+class ActionsTest : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+private:
+    Connection *connection = nullptr;
+    TestUtils::TestRoom *room = nullptr;
+
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    void initTestCase();
+    void testActions();
+    void testActions_data();
+};
+
+void ActionsTest::initTestCase()
+{
+    connection = Connection::makeMockConnection(QStringLiteral("@bob:kde.org"));
+    room = new TestUtils::TestRoom(connection, QStringLiteral("#myroom:kde.org"), QLatin1String("test-min-sync.json"));
+}
+
+void ActionsTest::testActions_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("command");
+    QTest::addColumn<std::optional<QString>>("resultText");
+    QTest::addColumn<std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>>("type");
+
+    QTest::newRow("shrug") << u"/shrug Hello"_s << std::make_optional(u"¯\\\\_(ツ)_/¯ Hello"_s) << std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>();
+    QTest::newRow("lenny") << u"/lenny Hello"_s << std::make_optional(u"( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Hello"_s) << std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>();
+    QTest::newRow("tableflip") << u"/tableflip Hello"_s << std::make_optional(u"(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ Hello"_s)
+                               << std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>();
+    QTest::newRow("unflip") << u"/unflip Hello"_s << std::make_optional(u"┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ) Hello"_s) << std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>();
+    QTest::newRow("rainbow") << u"/rainbow Hello"_s << std::optional<QString>() << std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>();
+    QTest::newRow("rainbowme") << u"/rainbowme Hello"_s << std::optional<QString>() << std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>();
+    QTest::newRow("plain") << u"/plain <b>Hello</b>"_s << std::optional<QString>() << std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>();
+    QTest::newRow("spoiler") << u"/spoiler Hello"_s << std::optional<QString>() << std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>();
+    QTest::newRow("me") << u"/me Hello"_s << std::make_optional(u"Hello"_s) << std::make_optional(Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType::Emote),
+        QTest::newRow("notice") << u"/notice Hello"_s << std::make_optional(u"Hello"_s) << std::make_optional(Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType::Notice),
+        QTest::newRow("message") << u"Hello"_s << std::make_optional(u"Hello"_s) << std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>();
+}
+
+void ActionsTest::testActions()
+{
+    QFETCH(QString, command);
+    QFETCH(std::optional<QString>, resultText);
+    QFETCH(std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>, type);
+
+    auto cache = new ChatBarCache();
+    cache->setText(command);
+    auto result = ActionsModel::handleAction(room, cache);
+    QCOMPARE(resultText, std::get<std::optional<QString>>(result));
+    QCOMPARE(type, std::get<std::optional<Quotient::RoomMessageEvent::MsgType>>(result));
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN(ActionsTest)
+#include "actionstest.moc"