diff --git a/mobile/android/base/tests/robocop.ini b/mobile/android/base/tests/robocop.ini
index edcce15659f3..7db548b5f1a9 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/tests/robocop.ini
+++ b/mobile/android/base/tests/robocop.ini
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ skip-if = processor == "x86"
 [testInputUrlBar]
 [testJarReader]
 [testLinkContextMenu]
+[testHomeListsProvider]
 [testLoad]
 [testMailToContextMenu]
 [testMasterPassword]
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/tests/testHomeListsProvider.java b/mobile/android/base/tests/testHomeListsProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d44ad5142937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/base/tests/testHomeListsProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package org.mozilla.gecko.tests;
+
+import android.content.ContentValues;
+import android.content.ContentUris;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.net.Uri;
+
+public class testHomeListsProvider extends ContentProviderTest {
+
+    private Uri mItemsFakeUri;
+    private Uri mItemsUri;
+
+    private String mItemsIdCol;
+    private String mItemsProviderIdCol;
+    private String mItemsTitleCol;
+    private String mItemsUrlCol;
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getTestType() {
+        return TEST_MOCHITEST;
+    }
+
+    private void loadContractInfo() throws Exception {
+        mItemsFakeUri = getUriColumn("HomeListItems", "CONTENT_FAKE_URI");
+        mItemsUri = getContentUri("HomeListItems");
+
+        mItemsIdCol = getStringColumn("HomeListItems", "_ID");
+        mItemsProviderIdCol = getStringColumn("HomeListItems", "PROVIDER_ID");
+        mItemsTitleCol = getStringColumn("HomeListItems", "TITLE");
+        mItemsUrlCol = getStringColumn("HomeListItems", "URL");
+    }
+
+    private void ensureEmptyDatabase() throws Exception {
+        // Delete all the list entries.
+        mProvider.delete(mItemsUri, null, null);
+
+        final Cursor c = mProvider.query(mItemsUri, null, null, null, null);
+        mAsserter.is(c.getCount(), 0, "All list entries were deleted");
+        c.close();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp("org.mozilla.gecko.db.HomeListsProvider", "AUTHORITY", "homelists.db");
+        loadContractInfo();
+
+        mTests.add(new TestFakeItems());
+
+        // Disabled until database support lands
+        //mTests.add(new TestInsertItem());
+    }
+
+    public void testListsProvider() throws Exception {
+        for (int i = 0; i < mTests.size(); i++) {
+            Runnable test = mTests.get(i);
+
+            setTestName(test.getClass().getSimpleName());
+            // Disabled until database support lands
+            //ensureEmptyDatabase();
+            test.run();
+        }
+    }
+
+    abstract class Test implements Runnable {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            try {
+                test();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                mAsserter.is(true, false, "Test " + this.getClass().getName() +
+                        " threw exception: " + e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public abstract void test() throws Exception;
+    }
+
+    class TestFakeItems extends Test {
+        @Override
+        public void test() throws Exception {
+            final long id = 1;
+            final String providerId = "fake-provider";
+            final String title = "Example";
+            final String url = "http://example.com";
+
+            final Cursor c = mProvider.query(mItemsFakeUri, null, null, null, null);
+            mAsserter.is(c.moveToFirst(), true, "Fake list item found");
+
+            mAsserter.is(c.getLong(c.getColumnIndex(mItemsIdCol)), id, "Fake list item has correct ID");
+            mAsserter.is(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(mItemsProviderIdCol)), providerId, "Fake list item has correct provider ID");
+            mAsserter.is(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(mItemsTitleCol)), title, "Fake list item has correct title");
+            mAsserter.is(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(mItemsUrlCol)), url, "Fake list item has correct URL");
+
+            c.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    class TestInsertItem extends Test {
+        @Override
+        public void test() throws Exception {
+            final String providerId = "{c77da387-4c80-0c45-9f22-70276c29b3ed}";
+            final String title = "Mozilla";
+            final String url = "https://mozilla.org";
+
+            // Insert a new list item with test values.
+            final ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
+            cv.put(mItemsProviderIdCol, providerId);
+            cv.put(mItemsTitleCol, title);
+            cv.put(mItemsUrlCol, url);
+
+            final long id = ContentUris.parseId(mProvider.insert(mItemsUri, cv));
+
+            // Check that the item was inserted correctly.
+            final Cursor c = mProvider.query(mItemsUri, null, mItemsIdCol + " = ?", new String[] { String.valueOf(id) }, null);
+            mAsserter.is(c.moveToFirst(), true, "Inserted list item found");
+
+            mAsserter.is(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(mItemsProviderIdCol)), providerId, "Inserted list item has correct provider ID");
+            mAsserter.is(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(mItemsTitleCol)), title, "Inserted list item has correct title");
+            mAsserter.is(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(mItemsUrlCol)), url, "Inserted list item has correct URL");
+
+            c.close();
+        }
+    }
+}