diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
index c2e6b2bfe4..15d99337c1 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -473,6 +473,15 @@ if(TARGET test_executors)
   target_link_libraries(test_executors_timer_cancel_behavior ${PROJECT_NAME} ${rosgraph_msgs_TARGETS})
 endif()
 
+ament_add_gtest(
+  test_executors_callback_group_behavior
+  executors/test_executors_callback_group_behavior.cpp
+  APPEND_LIBRARY_DIRS "${append_library_dirs}"
+  TIMEOUT 180)
+if(TARGET test_executors)
+  target_link_libraries(test_executors_callback_group_behavior ${PROJECT_NAME})
+endif()
+
 ament_add_gtest(
   test_executors_intraprocess
   executors/test_executors_intraprocess.cpp
diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_executors_callback_group_behavior.cpp b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_executors_callback_group_behavior.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8f291b622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/executors/test_executors_callback_group_behavior.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+/**
+ * This test checks all implementations of rclcpp::executor to check they pass they basic API
+ * tests. Anything specific to any executor in particular should go in a separate test file.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <rclcpp/callback_group.hpp>
+#include <rclcpp/executor.hpp>
+#include <rclcpp/node.hpp>
+#include "rclcpp/any_subscription_callback.hpp"
+
+
+class CustomExecutor: public rclcpp::Executor
+{
+public:
+  explicit CustomExecutor(const rclcpp::ExecutorOptions & options = rclcpp::ExecutorOptions())
+    : rclcpp::Executor(options)
+  {
+  }
+
+  ~CustomExecutor() override = default;
+
+  void spin() override {};
+
+  void collect() {
+    this->collect_entities();
+  }
+
+  void wait() {
+    this->wait_for_work(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+  }
+
+  size_t collected_timers() const {
+    return this->current_collection_.timers.size();
+  }
+
+  rclcpp::AnyExecutable next() {
+    rclcpp::AnyExecutable ret;
+    this->get_next_ready_executable(ret);
+    return ret;
+  }
+};
+
+
+TEST(TestCallbackGroup, ValidCbg)
+{
+  rclcpp::init(0, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a timer associated with a callback group
+  auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("node");
+
+  // Add the callback group to the executor
+  auto executor = CustomExecutor();
+  executor.add_node(node);
+  executor.spin_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+
+  auto cbg = node->create_callback_group(rclcpp::CallbackGroupType::MutuallyExclusive, true);
+  auto timer = node->create_wall_timer(std::chrono::milliseconds(1), [](){}, cbg);
+  executor.add_callback_group(cbg, node->get_node_base_interface());
+
+  executor.spin_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+
+  // Collect the entities
+  executor.collect();
+  EXPECT_EQ(1u, executor.collected_timers());
+
+  executor.wait();
+  auto next_executable = executor.next();
+  EXPECT_NE(nullptr, next_executable.timer);
+  EXPECT_NE(nullptr, next_executable.callback_group);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.client);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.service);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.subscription);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.waitable);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.data);
+
+  rclcpp::shutdown();
+}
+
+TEST(TestCallbackGroup, InvalidCbg)
+{
+  rclcpp::init(0, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a timer associated with a callback group
+  auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("node");
+
+  // Add the callback group to the executor
+  auto executor = CustomExecutor();
+  executor.add_node(node);
+  executor.spin_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+
+  auto cbg = node->create_callback_group(rclcpp::CallbackGroupType::MutuallyExclusive, true);
+  auto timer = node->create_wall_timer(std::chrono::milliseconds(1), [](){}, cbg);
+  executor.add_callback_group(cbg, node->get_node_base_interface());
+
+  executor.spin_all(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+
+  // Collect the entities
+  executor.collect();
+  EXPECT_EQ(1u, executor.collected_timers());
+
+  cbg.reset();
+  executor.wait();
+  auto next_executable = executor.next();
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.timer);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.callback_group);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.client);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.service);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.subscription);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.waitable);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, next_executable.data);
+
+  rclcpp::shutdown();
+}