diff --git a/Modules/Overlays/test/files.cmake b/Modules/Overlays/test/files.cmake
index 1ed23e2999..6e5e67975e 100644
--- a/Modules/Overlays/test/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Overlays/test/files.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 set(MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS
     mitkLabelOverlay3DRendering2DTest.cpp
     mitkLabelOverlay3DRendering3DTest.cpp
     mitkTextOverlay2DRenderingTest.cpp
     mitkTextOverlay2DLayouterRenderingTest.cpp
     mitkTextOverlay3DRendering2DTest.cpp
     mitkTextOverlay3DRendering3DTest.cpp
     mitkTextOverlay3DColorRenderingTest.cpp
 )
+set(MODULE_TESTS
+    mitkOverlaysTest.cpp
+)
diff --git a/Modules/Overlays/test/mitkOverlaysTest.cpp b/Modules/Overlays/test/mitkOverlaysTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8de2211c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Overlays/test/mitkOverlaysTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+#include <mitkCommon.h>
+#include <usModuleContext.h>
+#include <usServiceReference.h>
+#include <usGetModuleContext.h>
+#include <mitkTestingMacros.h>
+#include <mitkTestFixture.h>
+#include <mitkIOUtil.h>
+
+#include "mitkAnnotationPlacer.h"
+#include "mitkOverlayLayouter2D.h"
+
+
+class mitkOverlaysTestSuite : public mitk::TestFixture
+{
+   CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(mitkOverlaysTestSuite);
+   MITK_TEST(AnnotationServiceTest);
+   CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
+
+private:
+
+public:
+
+  void setUp() override
+  {
+  }
+
+  void AnnotationServiceTest()
+  {
+    mitk::AnnotationPlacer* ap1_test1 = mitk::AnnotationPlacer::GetAnnotationRenderer("test1");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Testing availability of AnnotationPlacer service", ap1_test1);
+    mitk::AnnotationPlacer* ap2_test1 = mitk::AnnotationPlacer::GetAnnotationRenderer("test1");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Testing if AnnotationPlacer of same kind stays avaliable", ap1_test1 == ap2_test1);
+    mitk::AnnotationPlacer* ap1_test2 = mitk::AnnotationPlacer::GetAnnotationRenderer("test2");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Testing if new instance can be created by using different ID", ap1_test2 != ap1_test1);
+
+    mitk::OverlayLayouter2D* ol1_test1 = mitk::OverlayLayouter2D::GetAnnotationRenderer("test1");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Testing availability of OverlayLayouter2D service", ol1_test1);
+    mitk::OverlayLayouter2D* ol2_test1 = mitk::OverlayLayouter2D::GetAnnotationRenderer("test1");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Testing if OverlayLayouter2D of same kind stays avaliable", ol2_test1 == ol1_test1);
+    mitk::OverlayLayouter2D* ol1_test2 = mitk::OverlayLayouter2D::GetAnnotationRenderer("test2");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Testing if new instance can be created by using different ID", ol1_test2 != ol1_test1);
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Testing if OverlayLayouter2D and AnnotationPlacer services are different",
+                           (mitk::AbstractAnnotationRenderer*)ol1_test1 != (mitk::AbstractAnnotationRenderer*)ap1_test1);
+
+  }
+
+  void OverlayTest()
+  {
+
+  }
+};
+MITK_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(mitkOverlays)