diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index be95e63eb76..1da5a5ccb5f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4324,6 +4324,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-tree",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustdoc-gui-test"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "compiletest",
+ "getopts",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustdoc-json-types"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 53331e2869f..8eb378afe42 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ members = [
   "src/tools/generate-copyright",
   "src/tools/suggest-tests",
   "src/tools/generate-windows-sys",
+  "src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test",
 ]
 
 exclude = [
diff --git a/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0c5b367117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "rustdoc-gui-test"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+compiletest = { path = "../compiletest" }
+getopts = "0.2"
+walkdir = "2"
diff --git a/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/config.rs b/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc4c56a5e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use getopts::Options;
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
+
+pub(crate) struct Config {
+    pub(crate) nodejs: PathBuf,
+    pub(crate) npm: PathBuf,
+    pub(crate) rust_src: PathBuf,
+    pub(crate) out_dir: PathBuf,
+    pub(crate) initial_cargo: PathBuf,
+    pub(crate) jobs: String,
+    pub(crate) test_args: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    pub(crate) goml_files: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    pub(crate) rustc: PathBuf,
+    pub(crate) rustdoc: PathBuf,
+    pub(crate) verbose: bool,
+}
+
+impl Config {
+    pub(crate) fn from_args(args: Vec<String>) -> Self {
+        let mut opts = Options::new();
+        opts.reqopt("", "nodejs", "absolute path of nodejs", "PATH")
+            .reqopt("", "npm", "absolute path of npm", "PATH")
+            .reqopt("", "out-dir", "output path of doc compilation", "PATH")
+            .reqopt("", "rust-src", "root source of the rust source", "PATH")
+            .reqopt(
+                "",
+                "initial-cargo",
+                "path to cargo to use for compiling tests/rustdoc-gui/src/*",
+                "PATH",
+            )
+            .reqopt("", "jobs", "jobs arg of browser-ui-test", "JOBS")
+            .optflag("", "verbose", "run tests verbosely, showing all output")
+            .optmulti("", "test-arg", "args for browser-ui-test", "FLAGS")
+            .optmulti("", "goml-file", "goml files for testing with browser-ui-test", "LIST");
+
+        let (argv0, args_) = args.split_first().unwrap();
+        if args.len() == 1 || args[1] == "-h" || args[1] == "--help" {
+            let message = format!("Usage: {} [OPTIONS] [TESTNAME...]", argv0);
+            println!("{}", opts.usage(&message));
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+
+        let matches = &match opts.parse(args_) {
+            Ok(m) => m,
+            Err(f) => panic!("{:?}", f),
+        };
+
+        Self {
+            nodejs: matches.opt_str("nodejs").map(PathBuf::from).expect("nodejs isn't available"),
+            npm: matches.opt_str("npm").map(PathBuf::from).expect("npm isn't available"),
+            rust_src: matches.opt_str("rust-src").map(PathBuf::from).unwrap(),
+            out_dir: matches.opt_str("out-dir").map(PathBuf::from).unwrap(),
+            initial_cargo: matches.opt_str("initial-cargo").map(PathBuf::from).unwrap(),
+            jobs: matches.opt_str("jobs").unwrap(),
+            goml_files: matches.opt_strs("goml-file").iter().map(PathBuf::from).collect(),
+            test_args: matches.opt_strs("test-arg").iter().map(PathBuf::from).collect(),
+            rustc: env::var("RUSTC").map(PathBuf::from).unwrap(),
+            rustdoc: env::var("RUSTDOC").map(PathBuf::from).unwrap(),
+            verbose: matches.opt_present("verbose"),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/main.rs b/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8dc18dfaea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/rustdoc-gui-test/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+use compiletest::header::TestProps;
+use config::Config;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{env, fs};
+
+mod config;
+
+fn get_browser_ui_test_version_inner(npm: &Path, global: bool) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut command = Command::new(&npm);
+    command.arg("list").arg("--parseable").arg("--long").arg("--depth=0");
+    if global {
+        command.arg("--global");
+    }
+    let lines = command
+        .output()
+        .map(|output| String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).into_owned())
+        .unwrap_or(String::new());
+    lines
+        .lines()
+        .find_map(|l| l.split(':').nth(1)?.strip_prefix("browser-ui-test@"))
+        .map(|v| v.to_owned())
+}
+
+fn get_browser_ui_test_version(npm: &Path) -> Option<String> {
+    get_browser_ui_test_version_inner(npm, false)
+        .or_else(|| get_browser_ui_test_version_inner(npm, true))
+}
+
+fn compare_browser_ui_test_version(installed_version: &str, src: &Path) {
+    match fs::read_to_string(
+        src.join("src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-tools/browser-ui-test.version"),
+    ) {
+        Ok(v) => {
+            if v.trim() != installed_version {
+                eprintln!(
+                    "⚠️ Installed version of browser-ui-test (`{}`) is different than the \
+                     one used in the CI (`{}`)",
+                    installed_version, v
+                );
+                eprintln!(
+                    "You can install this version using `npm update browser-ui-test` or by using \
+                     `npm install browser-ui-test@{}`",
+                    v,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        Err(e) => eprintln!("Couldn't find the CI browser-ui-test version: {:?}", e),
+    }
+}
+
+fn find_librs<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    for entry in walkdir::WalkDir::new(path) {
+        let entry = entry.ok()?;
+        if entry.file_type().is_file() && entry.file_name() == "lib.rs" {
+            return Some(entry.path().to_path_buf());
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+// FIXME: move `bootstrap::util::try_run` into `build_helper` crate
+// and use that one instead of creating this function.
+fn try_run(cmd: &mut Command, print_cmd_on_fail: bool) -> bool {
+    let status = match cmd.status() {
+        Ok(status) => status,
+        Err(e) => panic!("failed to execute command: {:?}\nerror: {}", cmd, e),
+    };
+    if !status.success() && print_cmd_on_fail {
+        println!(
+            "\n\ncommand did not execute successfully: {:?}\n\
+             expected success, got: {}\n\n",
+            cmd, status
+        );
+    }
+    status.success()
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let config = Arc::new(Config::from_args(env::args().collect()));
+
+    // The goal here is to check if the necessary packages are installed, and if not, we
+    // panic.
+    match get_browser_ui_test_version(&config.npm) {
+        Some(version) => {
+            // We also check the version currently used in CI and emit a warning if it's not the
+            // same one.
+            compare_browser_ui_test_version(&version, &config.rust_src);
+        }
+        None => {
+            eprintln!(
+                r#"
+error: rustdoc-gui test suite cannot be run because npm `browser-ui-test` dependency is missing.
+
+If you want to install the `browser-ui-test` dependency, run `npm install browser-ui-test`
+"#,
+            );
+
+            panic!("Cannot run rustdoc-gui tests");
+        }
+    }
+
+    let src_path = config.rust_src.join("tests/rustdoc-gui/src");
+    for entry in src_path.read_dir().expect("read_dir call failed") {
+        if let Ok(entry) = entry {
+            let path = entry.path();
+
+            if !path.is_dir() {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let mut cargo = Command::new(&config.initial_cargo);
+            cargo
+                .arg("doc")
+                .arg("--target-dir")
+                .arg(&config.out_dir)
+                .env("RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP", "1")
+                .env("RUSTDOC", &config.rustdoc)
+                .env("RUSTC", &config.rustc)
+                .current_dir(path);
+
+            if let Some(librs) = find_librs(entry.path()) {
+                let compiletest_c = compiletest::common::Config {
+                    edition: None,
+                    mode: compiletest::common::Mode::Rustdoc,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                };
+
+                let test_props = TestProps::from_file(&librs, None, &compiletest_c);
+
+                if !test_props.compile_flags.is_empty() {
+                    cargo.env("RUSTDOCFLAGS", test_props.compile_flags.join(" "));
+                }
+
+                if let Some(flags) = &test_props.run_flags {
+                    cargo.arg(flags);
+                }
+            }
+
+            try_run(&mut cargo, config.verbose);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut command = Command::new(&config.nodejs);
+    command
+        .arg(config.rust_src.join("src/tools/rustdoc-gui/tester.js"))
+        .arg("--jobs")
+        .arg(&config.jobs)
+        .arg("--doc-folder")
+        .arg(config.out_dir.join("doc"))
+        .arg("--tests-folder")
+        .arg(config.rust_src.join("tests/rustdoc-gui"));
+
+    for file in &config.goml_files {
+        command.arg("--file").arg(file);
+    }
+
+    command.args(&config.test_args);
+
+    try_run(&mut command, config.verbose);
+}