diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 58ae92e78..e0752845f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ log.txt
 .idea/
 .versions/
 .vscode/
-components/
+/components/
 node_modules/
 tmp/
 dist/
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ www/
 /test-results/
 /playwright-report/
 /playwright/.cache/
+/src/**/*-snapshots
diff --git a/src/components/icon/test/icon.e2e.ts b/src/components/icon/test/icon.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3001897d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/icon/test/icon.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { test } from '@utils/test/playwright';
+
+test.describe('icon: basic', () => {
+  test('should not have visual regressions', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(`/`);
+
+    expect(await page.screenshot({ fullPage: true })).toMatchSnapshot(`icon-diff.png`);
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/src/utils/test/playwright/index.ts b/src/utils/test/playwright/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e91f6ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/test/playwright/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from './playwright-page';
+export * from './playwright-declarations';
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diff --git a/src/utils/test/playwright/page/utils/goto.ts b/src/utils/test/playwright/page/utils/goto.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03edd9e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/test/playwright/page/utils/goto.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import type { Page, TestInfo } from '@playwright/test';
+
+/**
+ * This is an extended version of Playwright's
+ * page.goto method. In addition to performing
+ * the normal page.goto work, this code also
+ * automatically waits for the Stencil components
+ * to be hydrated before proceeding with the test.
+ */
+export const goto = async (page: Page, url: string, options: any, _: TestInfo, originalFn: typeof page.goto) => {
+
+  const result = await Promise.all([
+    page.waitForFunction(() => (window as any).testAppLoaded === true, { timeout: 4750 }),
+    originalFn(url, options),
+  ]);
+
+  return result[1];
+};
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diff --git a/src/utils/test/playwright/page/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/test/playwright/page/utils/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..545dd242b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/test/playwright/page/utils/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './goto';
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diff --git a/src/utils/test/playwright/playwright-declarations.ts b/src/utils/test/playwright/playwright-declarations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd0666c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/test/playwright/playwright-declarations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import type { Page, Response } from '@playwright/test';
+
+export interface E2EPage extends Page {
+  /**
+   * Returns the main resource response. In case of multiple redirects, the navigation will resolve with the response of the
+   * last redirect.
+   *
+   * The method will throw an error if:
+   * - there's an SSL error (e.g. in case of self-signed certificates).
+   * - target URL is invalid.
+   * - the `timeout` is exceeded during navigation.
+   * - the remote server does not respond or is unreachable.
+   * - the main resource failed to load.
+   *
+   * The method will not throw an error when any valid HTTP status code is returned by the remote server, including 404 "Not
+   * Found" and 500 "Internal Server Error".  The status code for such responses can be retrieved by calling
+   * [response.status()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-response#response-status).
+   *
+   * > NOTE: The method either throws an error or returns a main resource response. The only exceptions are navigation to
+   * `about:blank` or navigation to the same URL with a different hash, which would succeed and return `null`.
+   * > NOTE: Headless mode doesn't support navigation to a PDF document. See the
+   * [upstream issue](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=761295).
+   *
+   * Shortcut for main frame's [frame.goto(url[, options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-frame#frame-goto)
+   * @param url URL to navigate page to. The url should include scheme, e.g. `https://`. When a `baseURL` via the context options was provided and the passed URL is a path, it gets merged via the
+   * [`new URL()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/URL) constructor.
+   */
+  goto: (
+    url: string,
+    options?: {
+      /**
+       * Referer header value. If provided it will take preference over the referer header value set by
+       * [page.setExtraHTTPHeaders(headers)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-set-extra-http-headers).
+       */
+      referer?: string;
+
+      /**
+       * Maximum operation time in milliseconds, defaults to 30 seconds, pass `0` to disable timeout. The default value can be
+       * changed by using the
+       * [browserContext.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browser-context-set-default-navigation-timeout),
+       * [browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsercontext#browser-context-set-default-timeout),
+       * [page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-set-default-navigation-timeout)
+       * or [page.setDefaultTimeout(timeout)](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-set-default-timeout) methods.
+       */
+      timeout?: number;
+
+      /**
+       * When to consider operation succeeded, defaults to `load`. Events can be either:
+       * - `'domcontentloaded'` - consider operation to be finished when the `DOMContentLoaded` event is fired.
+       * - `'load'` - consider operation to be finished when the `load` event is fired.
+       * - `'networkidle'` - consider operation to be finished when there are no network connections for at least `500` ms.
+       * - `'commit'` - consider operation to be finished when network response is received and the document started loading.
+       */
+      waitUntil?: 'load' | 'domcontentloaded' | 'networkidle' | 'commit';
+    }
+  ) => Promise<null | Response>;
+}
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diff --git a/src/utils/test/playwright/playwright-page.ts b/src/utils/test/playwright/playwright-page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be4c3f1a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/test/playwright/playwright-page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import type {
+  PlaywrightTestArgs,
+  PlaywrightTestOptions,
+  PlaywrightWorkerArgs,
+  PlaywrightWorkerOptions,
+  TestInfo,
+} from '@playwright/test';
+import { test as base } from '@playwright/test';
+
+import {
+  goto as goToPage,
+} from './page/utils';
+import type { E2EPage } from './playwright-declarations';
+
+type CustomTestArgs = PlaywrightTestArgs &
+  PlaywrightTestOptions &
+  PlaywrightWorkerArgs &
+  PlaywrightWorkerOptions & {
+    page: E2EPage;
+  };
+
+type CustomFixtures = {
+  page: E2EPage;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Extends the base `page` test figure within Playwright.
+ * @param page The page to extend.
+ * @param testInfo The test info.
+ * @returns The modified playwright page with extended functionality.
+ */
+export async function extendPageFixture(page: E2EPage, testInfo: TestInfo) {
+  const originalGoto = page.goto.bind(page);
+
+  /**
+   * Adds a global flag on the window that the test suite
+   * can use to determine when it is safe to execute tests
+   * on hydrated Stencil components.
+   */
+  await page.addInitScript(`
+  (function() {
+    window.addEventListener('appload', () => {
+      window.testAppLoaded = true;
+    });
+  })();`);
+  // Overridden Playwright methods
+  page.goto = (url: string, options) => goToPage(page, url, options, testInfo, originalGoto);
+
+  return page;
+}
+
+export const test = base.extend<CustomFixtures>({
+  page: async ({ page }: CustomTestArgs, use: (r: E2EPage) => Promise<void>, testInfo: TestInfo) => {
+    page = await extendPageFixture(page, testInfo);
+    await use(page);
+  },
+});
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diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 8ad868f35..1e6fad4e5 100755
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
     "strict": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "allowUnreachableCode": false,
@@ -15,7 +16,10 @@
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "noUnusedParameters": true,
     "jsx": "react",
-    "jsxFactory": "h"
+    "jsxFactory": "h",
+    "paths": {
+      "@utils/*": ["src/utils/*"]
+    }
   },
   "include": [
     "src"