diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/.gitignore b/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/.gitignore
index 28dd619ab6..5e25a818b2 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package-lock.json
 tmp/
 CustomHive/
 angular/
+blazorserverside/
 mvc/
 razor/
 react/
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/Run-Blazor-Locally.ps1 b/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/Run-Blazor-Locally.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0e3da91d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/Run-Blazor-Locally.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
+#requires -version 4
+
+[CmdletBinding(PositionalBinding = $false)]
+param()
+
+Set-StrictMode -Version 2
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+. $PSScriptRoot\Test-Template.ps1
+
+Test-Template "blazorserverside" "blazorserverside" "Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.3.0.3.0.0-dev.nupkg" $false