diff --git a/kaggle_requirements.txt b/kaggle_requirements.txt
index 22b26470..d0376be7 100644
--- a/kaggle_requirements.txt
+++ b/kaggle_requirements.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ TPOT==0.12.1
 Theano
 Wand
 annoy
+anywidget
 arrow
 bayesian-optimization
 boto3
diff --git a/tests/test_anywidget.py b/tests/test_anywidget.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03b12175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_anywidget.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import unittest
+import subprocess
+import re
+
+
+# Remove ANSI coloring escape codes
+def strip_ansi(text):
+    ansi_escape = re.compile(r"\x1B[@-_][0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~]")
+    return ansi_escape.sub("", text)
+
+
+class TestAnyWidget(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_labextension(self):
+        """Test if the anywidget labextension is installed and enabled."""
+        output = subprocess.check_output(
+            ["jupyter", "labextension", "list"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True
+        )
+        output = strip_ansi(output)
+        match = re.search(r"^\s*anywidget\s+v[\d.]+\s+enabled\s+OK\b.*$", output, re.MULTILINE)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(match, "anywidget not found in labextension list")