diff --git a/lit/tests/CompilerPlugin/WithCompilerPlugin.sc b/lit/tests/CompilerPlugin/WithCompilerPlugin.sc
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index 00000000000..fda84c9c5fd
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+++ b/lit/tests/CompilerPlugin/WithCompilerPlugin.sc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// RUN: scala-cli --server=false --java-home=%JAVAHOME --extra-jars=%RUNCLASSPATH --scala-version=%SCALAVERSION --scala-option="-Xplugin:%SCALAPLUGINJARS" --java-opt="--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED --enable-preview -Djava.library.path=%JAVALIBRARYPATH" %s | FileCheck %s
+
+import chisel3._
+import circt.stage.ChiselStage
+class FooBundle extends Bundle {
+  val foo = Input(UInt(3.W))
+}
+// CHECK-LABEL: module FooModule
+// CHECK: input clock : Clock
+// CHECK: input reset : UInt<1>
+class FooModule extends Module {
+  // CHECK: output io : { flip foo : UInt<3>} 
+  val io = IO(new FooBundle)
+  // CHECK: skip
+}
+println(ChiselStage.emitCHIRRTL(new FooModule))
diff --git a/lit/tests/CompilerPlugin/WithoutCompilerPlugin.sc b/lit/tests/CompilerPlugin/WithoutCompilerPlugin.sc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44fbfde3888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lit/tests/CompilerPlugin/WithoutCompilerPlugin.sc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// RUN: not scala-cli --server=false --java-home=%JAVAHOME --extra-jars=%RUNCLASSPATH --scala-version=%SCALAVERSION --java-opt="--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED --enable-preview -Djava.library.path=%JAVALIBRARYPATH" %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+import chisel3._
+import circt.stage.ChiselStage
+class FooBundle extends Bundle {
+  val foo = Input(UInt(3.W))
+}
+class FooModule extends Module {
+  // CHECK: assertion failed: The Chisel compiler plugin is now required for compiling Chisel code.
+  val io = IO(new FooBundle)
+}
+println(ChiselStage.emitCHIRRTL(new FooModule))
diff --git a/lit/tests/lit.cfg.py b/lit/tests/lit.cfg.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4c4e23c34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lit/tests/lit.cfg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import platform
+import lit.formats
+from lit.llvm import llvm_config
+from lit.llvm.subst import ToolSubst
+
+config.name = 'CHISEL'
+config.test_format = lit.formats.ShTest(True)
+config.suffixes = [".sc"]
+config.substitutions = [
+    ('%SCALAVERSION', config.scala_version),
+    ('%RUNCLASSPATH', ':'.join(config.run_classpath)),
+    ('%SCALAPLUGINJARS', ':'.join(config.scala_plugin_jars)),
+    ('%JAVAHOME', config.java_home),
+    ('%JAVALIBRARYPATH', ':'.join(config.java_library_path))
+]
+config.test_source_root = os.path.dirname(__file__)
diff --git a/lit/tests/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/lit/tests/lit.site.cfg.py.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c08dbeb6ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lit/tests/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import sys
+config.scala_version = "@SCALA_VERSION@"
+config.run_classpath = "@RUN_CLASSPATH@".split(",")
+config.scala_plugin_jars = "@SCALA_PLUGIN_JARS@".split(",")
+config.java_home = "@JAVA_HOME@"
+config.java_library_path = "@JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH@".split(",")
+config.chisel_lit_dir = "@CHISEL_LIT_DIR@".split(",")
+config.test_exec_root = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+lit_config.load_config(config, "@CHISEL_LIT_DIR@/tests/lit.cfg.py")
diff --git a/lit/utility/src/package.scala b/lit/utility/src/package.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03e63ea52bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lit/utility/src/package.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import chisel3._
+
+package object utility {
+  object binding {
+    def streamString(module: => RawModule, stream: chisel3.internal.CIRCTConverter => geny.Writable): String = Seq(
+      new chisel3.stage.phases.Elaborate,
+      chisel3.internal.panama.Convert
+    ).foldLeft(
+        firrtl.AnnotationSeq(Seq(chisel3.stage.ChiselGeneratorAnnotation(() => module)))
+      ) { case (annos, phase) => phase.transform(annos) }
+      .collectFirst {
+        case chisel3.internal.panama.circt.PanamaCIRCTConverterAnnotation(converter) =>
+          val string = new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+          stream(converter).writeBytesTo(string)
+          new String(string.toByteArray)
+      }
+      .get
+
+    def firrtlString(module: => RawModule): String = streamString(module, _.firrtlStream)
+
+    def verilogString(module: => RawModule): String = streamString(module, _.verilogStream)
+  }
+}
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