diff --git a/src/core_plugins/getting_started/public/components/getting_started/getting_started.html b/src/core_plugins/getting_started/public/components/getting_started/getting_started.html
index 963a2776a379c9..ee55b6728f5edc 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/getting_started/public/components/getting_started/getting_started.html
+++ b/src/core_plugins/getting_started/public/components/getting_started/getting_started.html
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-<div class="kuiViewContent gettingStartedContent" data-test-subj="gettingStartedContainer">
+<div
+  class="kuiViewContent gettingStartedContent"
+  data-test-subj="gettingStartedContainer"
+>
 
   <div
     ng-if="!gettingStarted.hasOptedOut()"
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/_getting_started.js b/test/functional/apps/management/_getting_started.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f8ffb6936d25c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/_getting_started.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import expect from 'expect.js';
+
+export default ({ getService, getPageObjects }) => {
+  const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
+  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
+  const remote = getService('remote');
+  const log = getService('log');
+
+  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'gettingStarted']);
+
+  describe('Getting Started page', () => {
+    describe('when no index patterns exist', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        // delete .kibana index and then wait for Kibana to re-create it
+        await esArchiver.unload('logstash_functional');
+        await esArchiver.load('empty_kibana');
+      });
+
+      describe('when user has not opted out of Getting Started page', () => {
+        beforeEach(async () => {
+          // First, we navigate to *somewhere* in Kibana so the browser loads up Kibana. This allows us...
+          await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('discover', '');
+
+          // ... to remove the Getting Started page opt-out flag from local storage for the Kibana domain
+          await remote.deleteLocalStorageItem('kibana.isGettingStartedOptedOut');
+        });
+
+        it('redirects to the Getting Started page', async () => {
+          await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('discover', '');
+          await PageObjects.common.waitUntilUrlIncludes('getting_started');
+          const isLoaded = await PageObjects.gettingStarted.doesContainerExist();
+          expect(isLoaded).to.be(true);
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('when user has opted out of Getting Started page', () => {
+        beforeEach(async () => {
+          await PageObjects.gettingStarted.optOut();
+        });
+
+        it('does not redirect to the Getting Started page', async () => {
+          await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('discover', '');
+          const isLoaded = await PageObjects.gettingStarted.doesContainerExist();
+          expect(isLoaded).to.be(false);
+        });
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('when index patterns exist', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        log.debug('load kibana index with default index pattern');
+        await esArchiver.load('discover');
+        await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({
+          'dateFormat:tz':'UTC',
+          'defaultIndex':'logstash-*'
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('does not redirect to the Getting Started page', async () => {
+        await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('discover', '');
+        const isLoaded = await PageObjects.gettingStarted.doesContainerExist();
+        expect(isLoaded).to.be(false);
+      });
+
+      describe('when a user directly navigates to the Getting Started page', () => {
+        beforeEach(async () => {
+          await PageObjects.gettingStarted.navigateTo();
+        });
+
+        it('the kibana chrome (which contains the global nav) is visible', async () => {
+          const isChromeVisible = await PageObjects.common.isChromeVisible();
+          expect(isChromeVisible).to.be(true);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+};
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diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/index.js b/test/functional/apps/management/index.js
index afaea2d42cff78..a9c01555993ae9 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/index.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, loadTestFile }) {
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_scripted_fields'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_index_pattern_filter'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_scripted_fields_filter'));
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_getting_started'));
   });
 
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js
index a25abfdd43a0fe..fdf7760556cdb0 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ export function CommonPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects, getPageObject }
       log.debug(`exists? ${exists}`);
       return exists;
     }
+
+    async isChromeVisible() {
+      return await testSubjects.exists('kibanaChrome');
+    }
   }
 
   return new CommonPage();
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/getting_started_page.js b/test/functional/page_objects/getting_started_page.js
index f875a66ac2aa3d..aca06aac9d33c8 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/getting_started_page.js
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/getting_started_page.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-export function GettingStartedPageProvider({ getService }) {
+export function GettingStartedPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
 
   const log = getService('log');
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
 
+  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common']);
+
   class GettingStartedPage {
     async doesContainerExist() {
       return await testSubjects.exists('gettingStartedContainer');
@@ -18,6 +20,11 @@ export function GettingStartedPageProvider({ getService }) {
         }
       });
     }
+
+    async navigateTo() {
+      log.debug('Navigating directly to Getting Started page');
+      await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('settings', 'kibana/getting_started');
+    }
   }
 
   return new GettingStartedPage();