diff --git a/crates/typescript-tests/Cargo.toml b/crates/typescript-tests/Cargo.toml
index 96030d8e26c..92465c4b14e 100644
--- a/crates/typescript-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/typescript-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ wasm-bindgen = { path = '../..' }
 wasm-bindgen-futures = { path = '../futures' }
 web-sys = { path = '../web-sys', features = [ 'HtmlElement', 'Node', 'Document' ] }
 js-sys = { path = '../js-sys' }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde-wasm-bindgen = "0.6"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ['cdylib']
diff --git a/crates/typescript-tests/jest.config.cjs b/crates/typescript-tests/jest.config.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c63e1456977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typescript-tests/jest.config.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/** @type {import('ts-jest').JestConfigWithTsJest} */
+module.exports = {
+  preset: "ts-jest/presets/default-esm",
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  extensionsToTreatAsEsm: [".ts"],
+  verbose: true,
+  // TODO: match all test files
+  testMatch: ['**/src/simple_struct.ts', '**/src/typescript_type.ts'],
+  injectGlobals: false,
+  globals: {
+    'ts-jest':
+    {
+      useESM: true,
+      isolatedModules: true
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/crates/typescript-tests/no_modules.tsconfig.json b/crates/typescript-tests/no_modules.tsconfig.json
index e3688b7d156..9e2cc53e7ec 100644
--- a/crates/typescript-tests/no_modules.tsconfig.json
+++ b/crates/typescript-tests/no_modules.tsconfig.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "sourceMap": true,
         "outDir": "dist_no_modules",
+        "moduleResolution":"node"
     },
     "include": [
         "pkg/no_modules/*.d.ts",
diff --git a/crates/typescript-tests/package.json b/crates/typescript-tests/package.json
index a1fb1297991..017eca094a6 100644
--- a/crates/typescript-tests/package.json
+++ b/crates/typescript-tests/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 {
   "scripts": {
-    "tsc": "tsc"
+    "tsc": "tsc",
+    "test": "NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest --config ./jest.config.cjs"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "^3.3.3333"
-  }
+    "@types/jest": "^29.5.8",
+    "ts-jest": "^29.1.1",
+    "typescript": "^5.2.2"
+  },
+  "type": "module"
 }
diff --git a/crates/typescript-tests/run.sh b/crates/typescript-tests/run.sh
index f971f251bf2..5a3605e8300 100755
--- a/crates/typescript-tests/run.sh
+++ b/crates/typescript-tests/run.sh
@@ -57,3 +57,5 @@ cd ..
 
 # Then try to build the typescript in the src_no_modules folder against the pkg/no_modules build.
 npm run tsc -- -p no_modules.tsconfig.json
+
+npm test
diff --git a/crates/typescript-tests/src/simple_struct.ts b/crates/typescript-tests/src/simple_struct.ts
index 4927cd1a4a4..d7a4c9deb82 100644
--- a/crates/typescript-tests/src/simple_struct.ts
+++ b/crates/typescript-tests/src/simple_struct.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
-import * as wbg from '../pkg/typescript_tests';
+import * as wbg from "../pkg/typescript_tests";
+import { expect, jest, test } from "@jest/globals";
 
-const a = new wbg.A();
-wbg.A.other();
-a.foo();
-a.free();
-const b: boolean = a.ret_bool()
-a.take_bool(b);
-a.take_many(b, 1, 2);
+test("member function (void) -> void", () => {
+  const a = new wbg.A();
+  wbg.A.other();
+  a.foo();
+  a.free();
+  expect(() => {
+    a.ret_bool();
+  }).toThrow(/null pointer passed to rust/);
+});
+
+test("function with parameters", () => {
+  const a = new wbg.A();
+  const b: boolean = a.ret_bool();
+  expect(b).toStrictEqual(true);
+  a.take_bool(b);
+  a.take_many(b, 1, 2);
+});
diff --git a/crates/typescript-tests/src/typescript_type.rs b/crates/typescript-tests/src/typescript_type.rs
index 5bd7dc541b3..9ddc9d86890 100644
--- a/crates/typescript-tests/src/typescript_type.rs
+++ b/crates/typescript-tests/src/typescript_type.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 
 #[wasm_bindgen(typescript_custom_section)]
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ extern "C" {
 }
 
 #[wasm_bindgen]
-#[derive(Default)]
+#[derive(Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct TextStyle {
     pub bold: bool,
     pub italic: bool,
@@ -26,13 +27,12 @@ pub struct TextStyle {
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 impl TextStyle {
     #[wasm_bindgen(constructor)]
-    pub fn new(_i: ITextStyle) -> TextStyle {
-        // parse JsValue
-        TextStyle::default()
+    pub fn new(i: ITextStyle) -> TextStyle {
+        let js_value: JsValue = i.into();
+        serde_wasm_bindgen::from_value(js_value).unwrap()
     }
 
-    pub fn optional_new(_i: Option<ITextStyle>) -> TextStyle {
-        // parse JsValue
-        TextStyle::default()
+    pub fn optional_new(i: Option<ITextStyle>) -> TextStyle {
+        i.map(Self::new).unwrap_or_default()
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/typescript-tests/src/typescript_type.ts b/crates/typescript-tests/src/typescript_type.ts
index a05ada63bd9..9d9bb0339f0 100644
--- a/crates/typescript-tests/src/typescript_type.ts
+++ b/crates/typescript-tests/src/typescript_type.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
-import * as wbg from '../pkg/typescript_tests';
+import * as wbg from "../pkg/typescript_tests";
+import { expect, jest, test } from "@jest/globals";
 
-const style: wbg.TextStyle = new wbg.TextStyle({
-  bold: true,
-  italic: true,
-  size: 42,
+test("constructor", () => {
+  const style: wbg.TextStyle = new wbg.TextStyle({
+    bold: true,
+    italic: false,
+    size: 42,
+  });
+
+  expect(style.bold).toStrictEqual(true);
+  expect(style.italic).toStrictEqual(false);
+  expect(style.size).toStrictEqual(42);
 });
 
-const optional_style: wbg.TextStyle = wbg.TextStyle.optional_new();
+test("optional parameter constructor", () => {
+  const default_constructed: wbg.TextStyle = wbg.TextStyle.optional_new();
+  expect(default_constructed.bold).toStrictEqual(false);
+  expect(default_constructed.italic).toStrictEqual(false);
+  expect(default_constructed.size).toStrictEqual(0);
+
+  const optional_style: wbg.TextStyle = wbg.TextStyle.optional_new({
+    italic: true,
+    bold: false,
+    size: 0,
+  });
+  expect(optional_style.bold).toStrictEqual(false);
+  expect(optional_style.italic).toStrictEqual(true);
+  expect(optional_style.size).toStrictEqual(0);
+});