diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bblayers.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bblayers.py
index 7d74833..c6bd5a1 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bblayers.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bblayers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
 
@@ -6,12 +8,16 @@
 import re
 
 import oeqa.utils.ftools as ftools
-from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, get_bb_var, get_bb_vars
+from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, get_bb_var, get_bb_vars, bitbake
 
 from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
 
 class BitbakeLayers(OESelftestTestCase):
 
+    def setUpLocal(self):
+        bitbake("python3-jsonschema-native")
+        bitbake("-c addto_recipe_sysroot python3-jsonschema-native")
+
     def test_bitbakelayers_layerindexshowdepends(self):
         result = runCmd('bitbake-layers layerindex-show-depends meta-poky')
         find_in_contents = re.search("openembedded-core", result.output)
@@ -111,6 +117,11 @@
 
         self.assertEqual(bb_vars['BBFILE_PRIORITY_%s' % layername], str(priority), 'BBFILE_PRIORITY_%s != %d' % (layername, priority))
 
+        result = runCmd('bitbake-layers save-build-conf {} {}'.format(layerpath, "buildconf-1"))
+        for f in ('local.conf.sample', 'bblayers.conf.sample', 'conf-notes.txt'):
+            fullpath = os.path.join(layerpath, "conf", "templates", "buildconf-1", f)
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(fullpath), "Template configuration file {} not found".format(fullpath))
+
     def get_recipe_basename(self, recipe):
         recipe_file = ""
         result = runCmd("bitbake-layers show-recipes -f %s" % recipe)
@@ -121,3 +132,35 @@
 
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(recipe_file), msg = "Can't find recipe file for %s" % recipe)
         return os.path.basename(recipe_file)
+
+    def validate_layersjson(self, json):
+        python = os.path.join(get_bb_var('STAGING_BINDIR', 'python3-jsonschema-native'), 'nativepython3')
+        jsonvalidator = os.path.join(get_bb_var('STAGING_BINDIR', 'python3-jsonschema-native'), 'jsonschema')
+        jsonschema = os.path.join(get_bb_var('COREBASE'), 'meta/files/layers.schema.json')
+        result = runCmd("{} {} -i {} {}".format(python, jsonvalidator, json, jsonschema))
+
+    def test_validate_examplelayersjson(self):
+        json = os.path.join(get_bb_var('COREBASE'), "meta/files/layers.example.json")
+        self.validate_layersjson(json)
+
+    def test_bitbakelayers_setup(self):
+        result = runCmd('bitbake-layers create-layers-setup {}'.format(self.testlayer_path))
+        jsonfile = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, "setup-layers.json")
+        self.validate_layersjson(jsonfile)
+
+        # The revision-under-test may not necessarily be available on the remote server,
+        # so replace it with a revision that has a yocto-4.0 tag.
+        import json
+        with open(jsonfile) as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+        for s in data['sources']:
+            data['sources'][s]['git-remote']['rev'] = '00cfdde791a0176c134f31e5a09eff725e75b905'
+        with open(jsonfile, 'w') as f:
+            json.dump(data, f)
+
+        testcheckoutdir = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'test-layer-checkout')
+        result = runCmd('{}/setup-layers --destdir {}'.format(self.testlayer_path, testcheckoutdir))
+        # May not necessarily be named 'poky' or 'openembedded-core'
+        oecoredir = os.listdir(testcheckoutdir)[0]
+        testcheckoutfile = os.path.join(testcheckoutdir, oecoredir, "oe-init-build-env")
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(testcheckoutfile), "File {} not found in test layer checkout".format(testcheckoutfile))