diff --git a/src/Client.tsx b/src/Client.tsx
index f4d094799..3001fa4c7 100644
--- a/src/Client.tsx
+++ b/src/Client.tsx
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export default class Client extends EventEmitter {
     const client = this;
     // node.js doesn't support requestIdleCallback
     this.rIC =
-      typeof window === 'undefined'
+      typeof window === 'undefined' || !window.requestIdleCallback
         ? (cb: Function, _: any) => {
             cb();
           }
diff --git a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/createMockFlipperWithPlugin.node.tsx.snap b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/createMockFlipperWithPlugin.node.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..627a75731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/createMockFlipperWithPlugin.node.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`can create a Fake flipper 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "androidEmulators": Array [],
+  "clients": Array [
+    Object {
+      "id": "TestApp#Android#unit_test#serial",
+      "query": Object {
+        "app": "TestApp",
+        "device": "unit_test",
+        "device_id": "serial",
+        "os": "Android",
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  "deepLinkPayload": null,
+  "devices": Array [
+    Object {
+      "deviceType": "physical",
+      "logs": Array [],
+      "os": "Android",
+      "serial": "serial",
+      "title": "title",
+    },
+  ],
+  "errors": Array [],
+  "selectedApp": "TestApp#Android#unit_test#serial",
+  "selectedDevice": Object {
+    "deviceType": "physical",
+    "logs": Array [],
+    "os": "Android",
+    "serial": "serial",
+    "title": "title",
+  },
+  "selectedPlugin": "TestPlugin",
+  "staticView": null,
+  "uninitializedClients": Array [],
+  "userPreferredApp": null,
+  "userPreferredDevice": null,
+  "userPreferredPlugin": "TestPlugin",
+  "userStarredPlugins": Object {},
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`can create a Fake flipper 2`] = `
+Object {
+  "clientPlugins": Map {
+    "TestPlugin" => [Function],
+  },
+  "devicePlugins": Map {},
+  "disabledPlugins": Array [],
+  "failedPlugins": Array [],
+  "gatekeepedPlugins": Array [],
+  "selectedPlugins": Array [],
+}
+`;
diff --git a/src/__tests__/createMockFlipperWithPlugin.node.tsx b/src/__tests__/createMockFlipperWithPlugin.node.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00de2968c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/createMockFlipperWithPlugin.node.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import {createMockFlipperWithPlugin} from '../test-utils/createMockFlipperWithPlugin';
+import {FlipperPlugin} from '../plugin';
+
+interface PersistedState {
+  count: 1;
+}
+
+class TestPlugin extends FlipperPlugin<any, any, any> {
+  static id = 'TestPlugin';
+
+  static defaultPersistedState = {
+    count: 0,
+  };
+
+  static persistedStateReducer(
+    persistedState: PersistedState,
+    method: string,
+    _payload: {},
+  ) {
+    if (method === 'inc') {
+      return Object.assign({}, persistedState, {
+        count: persistedState.count + 1,
+      });
+    }
+    return persistedState;
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+test('can create a Fake flipper', async () => {
+  await createMockFlipperWithPlugin(
+    TestPlugin,
+    async ({client, device, store, sendMessage}) => {
+      expect(client).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(device).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(store).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(sendMessage).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(client.plugins.includes(TestPlugin.id)).toBe(true);
+      expect(store.getState().connections).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(store.getState().plugins).toMatchSnapshot();
+      sendMessage('inc', {});
+      expect(store.getState().pluginStates).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        Object {
+          "TestApp#Android#unit_test#serial#TestPlugin": Object {
+            "count": 1,
+          },
+        }
+      `);
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/test-utils/createMockFlipperWithPlugin.tsx b/src/test-utils/createMockFlipperWithPlugin.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c15843716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test-utils/createMockFlipperWithPlugin.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import {createStore} from 'redux';
+
+import {selectPlugin} from '../reducers/connections';
+import BaseDevice from '../devices/BaseDevice';
+
+import reducers, {Store} from '../reducers/index';
+import Client, {ClientQuery} from '../Client';
+
+import {buildClientId} from '../utils/clientUtils';
+import {Logger} from '../fb-interfaces/Logger';
+import {FlipperPlugin} from '../plugin';
+import {registerPlugins} from '../reducers/plugins';
+
+export function createStubLogger(): Logger {
+  return {
+    ...console,
+    track: console.info,
+    trackTimeSince: console.info,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function createMockFlipperWithPlugin(
+  pluginClazz: typeof FlipperPlugin,
+  callback: (args: {
+    client: Client;
+    device: BaseDevice;
+    store: Store;
+    sendMessage(method: string, params: any): void;
+  }) => Promise<void>,
+) {
+  const store = createStore(reducers);
+  const device = new BaseDevice('serial', 'physical', 'title', 'Android');
+  const logger = createStubLogger();
+
+  store.dispatch(registerPlugins([pluginClazz]));
+
+  store.dispatch({
+    type: 'REGISTER_DEVICE',
+    payload: device,
+  });
+
+  const query: ClientQuery = {
+    app: 'TestApp',
+    os: 'Android',
+    device: 'unit_test',
+    device_id: device.serial,
+  };
+  const id = buildClientId({
+    app: query.app,
+    os: query.os,
+    device: query.device,
+    device_id: query.device_id,
+  });
+
+  const client = new Client(
+    id,
+    query,
+    null, // create a stub connection to avoid this plugin to be archived?
+    logger,
+    store,
+    [pluginClazz.name],
+    device,
+  );
+
+  // yikes
+  client._deviceSet = true;
+  // client.getDeviceSync = () => device;
+  client.device = {
+    then() {
+      return device;
+    },
+  } as any;
+
+  store.dispatch({
+    type: 'NEW_CLIENT',
+    payload: client,
+  });
+
+  store.dispatch(
+    selectPlugin({
+      selectedPlugin: pluginClazz.name,
+      selectedApp: client.query.app,
+      deepLinkPayload: null,
+    }),
+  );
+
+  await callback({
+    client,
+    device: device as any,
+    store,
+    sendMessage(method, params) {
+      client.onMessage(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          method: 'execute',
+          params: {
+            api: pluginClazz.id,
+            method,
+            params,
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+    },
+  });
+}