diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index d5d967edaa..6d4ca74aa6 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'react-dnd$': 'react-dnd/dist/cjs',
     'react-dnd-html5-backend$': 'react-dnd-html5-backend/dist/cjs',
     'dnd-core$': 'dnd-core/dist/cjs',
+    'monaco-editor': '<rootDir>/src/languageSupport/__mocks__/monacoMock.js',
   },
   globals: {
     'ts-jest': {
diff --git a/src/languageSupport/__mocks__/monacoMock.js b/src/languageSupport/__mocks__/monacoMock.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45d90ddf09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/languageSupport/__mocks__/monacoMock.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module.exports = {
+  languages: {
+    register: function (language) {},
+    setMonarchTokensProvider: function (name, tokens) {},
+    setLanguageConfiguration: function (name, config) {},
+  },
+  editor: {
+    defineTheme: function (name, theme) {},
+    tokenize: jest.fn().mockReturnValue([[]]),
+  },
+}
diff --git a/src/languageSupport/languages/influxql/influxql.test.ts b/src/languageSupport/languages/influxql/influxql.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a35a83d766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/languageSupport/languages/influxql/influxql.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {testTokenization} from './testRunner'
+
+it('comment', () => {
+  testTokenization('influxql', [
+    // Comments
+    [
+      {
+        line: '-- a comment',
+        tokens: [{startIndex: 0, type: 'comment.influxql'}],
+      },
+    ],
+    [
+      {
+        line: '---sticky -- comment',
+        tokens: [{startIndex: 0, type: 'comment.sql'}],
+      },
+    ],
+  ])
+})
diff --git a/src/languageSupport/languages/influxql/testRunner.ts b/src/languageSupport/languages/influxql/testRunner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..445443ad7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/languageSupport/languages/influxql/testRunner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import * as monaco from 'monaco-editor' // from src/languageSupport/__mocks__/monacoMock.js
+
+interface RelaxedToken {
+  startIndex: number
+  type: string
+}
+
+interface TestItem {
+  line: string
+  tokens: RelaxedToken[]
+}
+
+export const testTokenization = (
+  _language: string,
+  tests: TestItem[][]
+): void => {
+  tests.forEach(test => runTest(_language, test))
+}
+
+function runTest(languageId: string, test: TestItem[]): void {
+  const text = test.map(t => t.line).join('\n')
+  const actualTokens = monaco.editor.tokenize(text, languageId)
+  const actual = actualTokens.map((lineTokens: any, index: number) => {
+    return {
+      line: test[index].line,
+      tokens: lineTokens.map(t => {
+        return {
+          startIndex: t.offset,
+          type: t.type,
+        }
+      }),
+    }
+  })
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.log({
+    languageId,
+    test,
+    test_tokens: test[0].tokens,
+    text,
+    actualTokens: actual[0].tokens,
+  })
+}