diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/build.xml b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/build.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/build.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<!--
+  Copyright (c) 2021, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+
+  This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
+  the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
+  distribution and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+  or the Apache License, Version 2.0 which accompanies this distribution and
+  is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+
+  This Source Code may also be made available under the following
+  Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set
+  forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU
+  General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath
+  Exception [1] and GNU General Public License, version 2 with the
+  OpenJDK Assembly Exception [2].
+
+  [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html
+  [2] http://openjdk.java.net/legal/assembly-exception.html
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR LicenseRef-GPL-2.0 WITH Assembly-exception
+-->
+
+<project name="libpathTest" default="build" basedir=".">
+	<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
+	<description>
+		Build jython hello
+	</description>
+
+	<!-- set properties for this build -->
+	<property name="DEST" value="${BUILD_ROOT}/functional/cmdLineTests/jython" />
+	<property name="src" location="./src"/>
+	<property name="build" location="./bin"/>
+	<property name="LIB" value="jython"/>
+	<import file="${TEST_ROOT}/TKG/scripts/getDependencies.xml"/>
+
+	<target name="init">
+		<mkdir dir="${DEST}" />
+		<mkdir dir="${build}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="compile" depends="init,getDependentLibs" description="Using java ${JDK_VERSION} to compile the source ">
+		<echo>Ant version is ${ant.version}</echo>
+		<echo>============COMPILER SETTINGS============</echo>
+		<echo>===fork:                         yes</echo>
+		<echo>===executable:                   ${compiler.javac}</echo>
+		<echo>===debug:                        on</echo>
+		<echo>===destdir:                      ${DEST}</echo>
+		<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" debug="true" fork="true" executable="${compiler.javac}" includeAntRuntime="false" encoding="ISO-8859-1">
+			<classpath>
+				<pathelement location="${LIB_DIR}/jython-standalone.jar" />
+			</classpath>
+		</javac>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="dist" depends="compile" description="generate the distribution">
+		<jar jarfile="${DEST}/cmdLineTester_jython.jar" filesonly="true">
+			<fileset dir="${build}" />
+			<fileset dir="${src}" />
+		</jar>
+		<copy todir="${DEST}">
+			<fileset dir="${src}/../" includes="*.xml" />
+			<fileset dir="${src}/../" includes="*.mk" />
+		</copy>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="clean" depends="dist" description="clean up">
+		<!-- Delete the ${build} directory trees -->
+		<delete dir="${build}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="build" >
+		<antcall target="clean" inheritall="true" />
+	</target>
+</project>
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/jython.xml b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/jython.xml
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index 00000000000..41c777325aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/jython.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
+
+<!--
+  Copyright (c) 2021, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+
+  This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
+  the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
+  distribution and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+  or the Apache License, Version 2.0 which accompanies this distribution and
+  is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+
+  This Source Code may also be made available under the following
+  Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set
+  forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU
+  General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath
+  Exception [1] and GNU General Public License, version 2 with the
+  OpenJDK Assembly Exception [2].
+
+  [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html
+  [2] http://openjdk.java.net/legal/assembly-exception.html
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR LicenseRef-GPL-2.0 WITH Assembly-exception
+-->
+
+<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "cmdlinetester.dtd">
+
+<suite id="jython" timeout="300">
+    
+    <test id="jython-hello">
+        <command>$EXE$ -XshowSettings:vm -Dpython.options.showJavaExceptions=true -Dpython.options.includeJavaStackInExceptions=true -Dpython.options.showPythonProxyExceptions=true -cp $Q$$JARPATH$$Q$ JythonHello</command>
+        <output type="success" regex="no">Hello Python World!</output>
+    </test>
+    
+</suite>
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/playlist.xml b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/playlist.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97c22de0ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/playlist.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!--
+  Copyright (c) 2021, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+
+  This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
+  the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
+  distribution and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+  or the Apache License, Version 2.0 which accompanies this distribution and
+  is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+
+  This Source Code may also be made available under the following
+  Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set
+  forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU
+  General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath
+  Exception [1] and GNU General Public License, version 2 with the
+  OpenJDK Assembly Exception [2].
+
+  [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html
+  [2] http://openjdk.java.net/legal/assembly-exception.html
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR LicenseRef-GPL-2.0 WITH Assembly-exception
+-->
+<playlist xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../TKG/playlist.xsd">
+	<test>
+		<testCaseName>cmdLineTester_jython</testCaseName>
+		<variations>
+			<variation>NoOptions</variation>
+			<variation>Mode108</variation>
+			<variation>Mode109</variation>
+			<variation>Mode116</variation>
+			<variation>Mode608</variation>
+			<variation>Mode609</variation>
+		</variations>
+		<command>$(JAVA_COMMAND) $(JVM_OPTIONS)\
+	-DJARPATH=$(Q)$(LIB_DIR)$(D)jython-standalone.jar$(P)$(TEST_RESROOT)$(D)cmdLineTester_jython.jar$(Q) \
+	-DEXE=$(SQ)$(JAVA_COMMAND) $(JVM_OPTIONS)$(SQ) \
+	-jar $(CMDLINETESTER_JAR) -config $(Q)$(TEST_RESROOT)$(D)jython.xml$(Q) \
+	-explainExcludes -xids all,$(PLATFORM),$(VARIATION) -nonZeroExitWhenError; \
+	$(TEST_STATUS)</command>
+		<levels>
+			<level>sanity</level>
+		</levels>
+		<groups>
+			<group>functional</group>
+		</groups>
+		<impls>
+			<impl>openj9</impl>
+			<impl>ibm</impl>
+		</impls>
+	</test>
+</playlist>
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/src/JythonHello.java b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/src/JythonHello.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aee4213c08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/jython/src/JythonHello.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
+ * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
+ * distribution and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ * or the Apache License, Version 2.0 which accompanies this distribution and
+ * is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * This Source Code may also be made available under the following
+ * Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set
+ * forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU
+ * General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath
+ * Exception [1] and GNU General Public License, version 2 with the
+ * OpenJDK Assembly Exception [2].
+ *
+ * [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html
+ * [2] http://openjdk.java.net/legal/assembly-exception.html
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR LicenseRef-GPL-2.0 WITH Assembly-exception
+ *******************************************************************************/
+import org.python.core.PyList;
+import org.python.core.PyObject;
+import org.python.core.PyString;
+import org.python.util.InteractiveInterpreter;
+
+public class JythonHello {
+	public static void main(String[] arg) throws Throwable {
+		InteractiveInterpreter interp = new InteractiveInterpreter();
+		interp.exec("print('Hello Python World!')");
+	}
+}
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