diff --git a/internal/pkg/flags/flag_to_value_test.go b/internal/pkg/flags/flag_to_value_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a71f40db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/flags/flag_to_value_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package flags
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/stackitcloud/stackit-cli/internal/pkg/print"
+	"github.com/stackitcloud/stackit-cli/internal/pkg/utils"
+)
+
+func TestFlagToStringToStringPointer(t *testing.T) {
+	const flagName = "labels"
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		flagValue *string
+		want      *map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "flag unset",
+			flagValue: nil,
+			want:      nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "flag set with single value",
+			flagValue: utils.Ptr("foo=bar"),
+			want: &map[string]string{
+				"foo": "bar",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "flag set with multiple values",
+			flagValue: utils.Ptr("foo=bar,label1=value1,label2=value2"),
+			want: &map[string]string{
+				"foo":    "bar",
+				"label1": "value1",
+				"label2": "value2",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p := print.NewPrinter()
+			// create a new, simple test command with a string-to-string flag
+			cmd := func() *cobra.Command {
+				cmd := &cobra.Command{
+					Use:   "greet",
+					Short: "A simple greeting command",
+					Long:  "A simple greeting command",
+					Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+						fmt.Println("Hello world")
+					},
+				}
+				cmd.Flags().StringToString(flagName, nil, "Labels are key-value string pairs.")
+				return cmd
+			}()
+
+			// set the flag value if a value use given, else consider the flag unset
+			if tt.flagValue != nil {
+				err := cmd.Flags().Set(flagName, *tt.flagValue)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Error(err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			if got := FlagToStringToStringPointer(p, cmd, flagName); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("FlagToStringToStringPointer() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}