diff --git a/tests/fixtures/layout.yaml b/tests/fixtures/layout.yaml
index 5276d83..ecdd2da 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/layout.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/layout.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
     files:
       - '.*-requires'
 
+project-templates:
+  - name: test-one-and-two
+    check:
+     - '{projectname}-test1'
+     - '{projectname}-test2'
+
 projects:
   - name: org/project
     merge-mode: cherry-pick
@@ -124,3 +130,8 @@
         - nonvoting-project-test2
     post:
       - nonvoting-project-post
+
+  - name: org/templated-project
+    template:
+     - name: test-one-and-two
+       projectname: project
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/layouts/bad_template1.yaml b/tests/fixtures/layouts/bad_template1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43da793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/layouts/bad_template1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template is going to be called but missing a parameter
+
+pipelines:
+  - name: 'check'
+    manager: IndependentPipelineManager
+    trigger:
+     - event: patchset-created
+
+project-templates:
+  - name: template-generic
+    check:
+     # Template uses the 'project' parameter' which must
+     - '{project}-merge'
+
+projects:
+  - name: organization/project
+    template:
+      - name: template-generic
+      # Here we 'forgot' to pass 'project'
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/layouts/bad_template2.yaml b/tests/fixtures/layouts/bad_template2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e40d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/layouts/bad_template2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template is going to be called with an extra parameter
+
+pipelines:
+  - name: 'check'
+    manager: IndependentPipelineManager
+    trigger:
+     - event: patchset-created
+
+project-templates:
+  - name: template-generic
+    check:
+     # Template only uses the 'project' parameter'
+     - '{project}-merge'
+
+projects:
+  - name: organization/project
+    template:
+      - name: template-generic
+        project: 'MyProjectName'
+        # Feed an extra parameters which is not going to be used
+        # by the template.  That is an error.
+        extraparam: 'IShouldNotBeSet'
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/layouts/bad_template3.yaml b/tests/fixtures/layouts/bad_template3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70412b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/layouts/bad_template3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Template refers to an unexisting pipeline
+
+pipelines:
+  # We have no pipelines at all
+
+project-templates:
+  - name: template-generic
+    unexisting-pipeline:  # pipeline does not exist
+
+projects:
+  - name: organization/project
+    template:
+      - name: template-generic
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/layouts/good_template1.yaml b/tests/fixtures/layouts/good_template1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d179f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/layouts/good_template1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+pipelines:
+  - name: 'check'
+    manager: IndependentPipelineManager
+    trigger:
+     - event: patchset-created
+
+project-templates:
+  - name: template-generic
+    check:
+     - '{project}-merge'
+
+projects:
+  - name: organization/project
+    template:
+      - name: template-generic
+        project: 'myproject'