diff --git a/tests/components/ct-angular/playwright.config.ts b/tests/components/ct-angular/playwright.config.ts
index 068d246428..363ccae0b4 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-angular/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/tests/components/ct-angular/playwright.config.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
   use: {
     trace: 'on-first-retry',
     ctViteConfig: {
+      plugins: [angular({
+        tsconfig: resolve('./tsconfig.spec.json'),
+      })],
       resolve: {
         alias: {
           '@': resolve('./src'),
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-angular/src/app.component.ts b/tests/components/ct-angular/src/app.component.ts
index bfd9786017..07af318bbe 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-angular/src/app.component.ts
+++ b/tests/components/ct-angular/src/app.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterLink, RouterOutlet } from '@angular/router';
 
 @Component({
   standalone: true,
-  imports: [RouterModule],
+  imports: [RouterLink, RouterOutlet],
   selector: 'app-root',
   template: `
     <header>
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-angular/src/components/not-inlined.component.html b/tests/components/ct-angular/src/components/not-inlined.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3d80b594d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/ct-angular/src/components/not-inlined.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>Not Inlined</h1>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-angular/src/components/not-inlined.component.ts b/tests/components/ct-angular/src/components/not-inlined.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2852cec837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/ct-angular/src/components/not-inlined.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Component({
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+  standalone: true,
+  templateUrl: './not-inlined.component.html',
+})
+export class NotInlinedComponent {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-angular/tests/render.spec.ts b/tests/components/ct-angular/tests/render.spec.ts
index 5ef5aeefab..5676b99cb3 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-angular/tests/render.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/components/ct-angular/tests/render.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { test, expect } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-angular';
 import { ButtonComponent } from '@/components/button.component';
 import { EmptyComponent } from '@/components/empty.component';
 import { ComponentComponent } from '@/components/component.component';
+import { NotInlinedComponent } from '@/components/not-inlined.component';
 
 test('render props', async ({ mount }) => {
   const component = await mount(ButtonComponent, {
@@ -23,3 +24,8 @@ test('render a component without options', async ({ mount }) => {
   const component = await mount(ComponentComponent);
   await expect(component).toContainText('test');
 });
+
+test('render component with not inlined template', async ({ mount }) => {
+  const component = await mount(NotInlinedComponent);
+  await expect(component).toContainText('Not Inlined');
+});