diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e21fab1..df777f21 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 - Fix error on count assertions
 - Added pipeline to add contributors to the readme
 - Added documentation with vitepress
+- Added `setUp`, `setUpBeforeScript`, `tearDown` and `tearDownAfterScript` function execution before and/or after test and/or script execution
 
 ### 0.5.0
 ### 2023-09-10
diff --git a/src/helpers.sh b/src/helpers.sh
index b447d956..a90f2676 100755
--- a/src/helpers.sh
+++ b/src/helpers.sh
@@ -51,3 +51,11 @@ function getFunctionsToRun() {
 
   echo "${functions_to_run[@]}"
 }
+
+function executeFunctionIfExists() {
+  local function_name=$1
+
+  if declare -F | awk '{print $3}' | grep -Eq "^${function_name}$"; then
+    "$function_name"
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/src/runner.sh b/src/runner.sh
index 7cc3dd5c..ca4e86dc 100755
--- a/src/runner.sh
+++ b/src/runner.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ function runTest() {
   local function_name="$1"
   local current_assertions_failed="$_ASSERTIONS_FAILED"
 
+  runSetUp
   "$function_name"
+  runTearDown
 
   if [ "$current_assertions_failed" == "$_ASSERTIONS_FAILED" ]; then
     ((_TESTS_PASSED++))
@@ -39,6 +41,22 @@ function runTest() {
   fi
 }
 
+function runSetUp() {
+  executeFunctionIfExists 'setUp'
+}
+
+function runSetUpBeforeScript() {
+  executeFunctionIfExists 'setUpBeforeScript'
+}
+
+function runTearDown() {
+  executeFunctionIfExists 'tearDown'
+}
+
+function runTearDownAfterScript() {
+  executeFunctionIfExists 'tearDownAfterScript'
+}
+
 ###############
 #### MAIN #####
 ###############
@@ -77,10 +95,12 @@ function loadTestFiles() {
     fi
     # shellcheck disable=SC1090
     source "$test_file"
+    runSetUpBeforeScript
     callTestFunctions "$test_file" "$_FILTER"
     if [ "$PARALLEL_RUN" = true ] ; then
       wait
     fi
+    runTearDownAfterScript
   done
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/helpers_test.sh b/tests/unit/helpers_test.sh
index 2a64a8a4..85575046 100644
--- a/tests/unit/helpers_test.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/helpers_test.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+function dummyFunction() {
+  echo "dummyFunction executed"
+}
+
 function test_normalizeTestFunctionName_empty() {
   assertEquals "" "$(normalizeTestFunctionName)"
 }
@@ -39,3 +43,15 @@ function test_getFunctionsToRun_fail_when_duplicates() {
 
   assertGeneralError "$(getFunctionsToRun "prefix" "" "${functions[*]}")"
 }
+
+function test_dummyFunction_is_executed_with_execute_function_if_exists() {
+  local function_name='dummyFunction'
+
+  assertEquals "dummyFunction executed" "$(executeFunctionIfExists "$function_name")"
+}
+
+function test_no_function_is_executed_with_execute_function_if_exists() {
+  local function_name='notExistingFunction'
+
+  assertEmpty "$(executeFunctionIfExists "$function_name")"
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/setup_teardown_test.sh b/tests/unit/setup_teardown_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77cbfd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/setup_teardown_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+TEST_COUNTER=1
+
+function setUpBeforeScript() {
+  TEST_COUNTER=$(( TEST_COUNTER + 1 ))
+}
+
+function setUp() {
+  TEST_COUNTER=$(( TEST_COUNTER + 1 ))
+}
+
+function tearDown() {
+  TEST_COUNTER=$(( TEST_COUNTER - 1 ))
+}
+
+function tearDownAfterScript() {
+  TEST_COUNTER=$(( TEST_COUNTER - 1 ))
+}
+
+function test_counter_is_incremented_after_setup_before_script_and_setup() {
+  assertEquals "3" "$TEST_COUNTER"
+}
+
+function test_counter_is_decremented_and_incremented_after_teardown_and_setup() {
+  assertEquals "3" "$TEST_COUNTER"
+}
+