diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cf99b9b95..bae0b61dc 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -414,6 +414,26 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - run: *run_docs_pragma_min_version
 
+  t_pyscripts_ubu:
+    docker:
+      - image: << pipeline.parameters.ubuntu-2004-docker-image >>
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Python unit tests
+          command: python3 test/pyscriptTests.py
+
+  t_pyscripts_win:
+    executor:
+      name: win/default
+      shell: powershell.exe
+    steps:
+      - run: git config --global core.autocrlf false
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Python unit tests
+          command: python.exe test/pyscriptTests.py
+
   b_ubu_clang: &build_ubuntu2004_clang
     resource_class: xlarge
     docker:
@@ -991,6 +1011,8 @@ workflows:
       - chk_errorcodes: *workflow_trigger_on_tags
       - chk_antlr_grammar: *workflow_trigger_on_tags
       - chk_docs_pragma_min_version: *workflow_trigger_on_tags
+      - t_pyscripts_ubu: *workflow_trigger_on_tags
+      - t_pyscripts_win: *workflow_trigger_on_tags
 
       # build-only
       - b_docs: *workflow_trigger_on_tags
diff --git a/scripts/tests.sh b/scripts/tests.sh
index 2882af067..e9354479a 100755
--- a/scripts/tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ else
     log_directory=""
 fi
 
+printTask "Testing Python scripts..."
+"$REPO_ROOT/test/pyscriptTests.py"
+
 printTask "Running commandline tests..."
 # Only run in parallel if this is run on CI infrastructure
 if [[ -n "$CI" ]]
diff --git a/test/pyscriptTests.py b/test/pyscriptTests.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..17b095d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pyscriptTests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Runs all tests for Python-based scripts.
+# Any Python test suites located in test/scripts/ will be executed automatically by this script.
+
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import TestLoader, TextTestRunner
+
+SCRIPTS_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "scripts"
+TEST_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "test/scripts/"
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Add the directory containing scripts to be tested to PYTHONPATH. This means that these
+    # scripts can be imported from anywhere (in particular from the test suites) as if they were
+    # installed globally. This is necessary because scripts and their tests are in separate
+    # directories not recognized by Python as a part of the same package (i.e. their common parent
+    # directory does not have an __init__.py file).
+    # NOTE: This does not play well with relative imports from test suites so the suites must be
+    # placed directly in TEST_DIR and not in its subdirectories. Relative imports from scripts
+    # themselves work fine though.
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(SCRIPTS_DIR))
+
+    # This is equivalent to `python -m unittest discover --start-directory $TEST_DIR`
+    test_suite = TestLoader().discover(start_dir=TEST_DIR)
+    result = TextTestRunner().run(test_suite)
+
+    if len(result.errors) > 0 or len(result.failures) > 0:
+        sys.exit(1)