diff --git a/packages/generators/generators/.gitignore b/packages/generators/generators/.gitignore
index ca406e37f9..a727f059a3 100644
--- a/packages/generators/generators/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/generators/generators/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ package-lock.json
 .DS_Store
 npm-debug.log
 .idea
+
+# Tests related folders
+**/__tests__/output
diff --git a/packages/generators/generators/lib/plops/__tests__/content-type.test.js b/packages/generators/generators/lib/plops/__tests__/content-type.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f023b8f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/generators/generators/lib/plops/__tests__/content-type.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const path = require('path');
+const { readFile, rm, stat } = require('fs-extra');
+const strapiGenerators = require('../../index');
+
+describe('Content Type Generator', () => {
+  const outputDirectory = path.join(__dirname, 'output');
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await rm(outputDirectory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  test('it generates the schema', async () => {
+    await strapiGenerators.generate(
+      'content-type',
+      {
+        displayName: 'testContentType',
+        singularName: 'testContentType',
+        pluralName: 'testContentTypes',
+        kind: 'singleType',
+        id: 'testContentType',
+        useDraftAndPublish: false,
+        destination: 'new',
+        bootstrapApi: false,
+        attributes: [],
+      },
+      { dir: outputDirectory }
+    );
+
+    const generatedSchemaPath = path.join(
+      outputDirectory,
+      'src/api/testContentType',
+      'content-types/testContentType/schema.json'
+    );
+
+    expect((await stat(generatedSchemaPath)).isFile()).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const fileContent = await readFile(generatedSchemaPath, 'utf-8');
+
+    expect(fileContent).not.toBeNull();
+
+    const schema = JSON.parse(fileContent.toString());
+
+    expect(schema).toStrictEqual({
+      kind: 'singleType',
+      collectionName: 'test_content_types',
+      info: {
+        singularName: 'testContentType',
+        pluralName: 'testContentTypes',
+        displayName: 'testContentType',
+      },
+      options: {
+        draftAndPublish: false,
+        comment: '',
+      },
+      attributes: {},
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('it scaffolds a new API', async () => {
+    await strapiGenerators.generate(
+      'content-type',
+      {
+        displayName: 'testContentType',
+        singularName: 'testContentType',
+        pluralName: 'testContentTypes',
+        kind: 'singleType',
+        id: 'testContentType',
+        useDraftAndPublish: false,
+        destination: 'new',
+        bootstrapApi: true,
+        attributes: [],
+      },
+      { dir: outputDirectory }
+    );
+    const generatedApiPath = path.join(outputDirectory, 'src/api/testContentType');
+
+    expect((await stat(generatedApiPath)).isDirectory()).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      (await stat(path.join(generatedApiPath, 'controllers/testContentType.js'))).isFile()
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      (await stat(path.join(generatedApiPath, 'services/testContentType.js'))).isFile()
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      (await stat(path.join(generatedApiPath, 'routes/testContentType.js'))).isFile()
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const controller = await readFile(
+      path.join(generatedApiPath, 'controllers/testContentType.js')
+    );
+    const router = await readFile(path.join(generatedApiPath, 'routes/testContentType.js'));
+    const service = await readFile(path.join(generatedApiPath, 'services/testContentType.js'));
+
+    expect(controller.toString()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "'use strict';
+
+      /**
+       *  testContentType controller
+       */
+
+      const { createCoreController } = require('@strapi/strapi').factories;
+
+      module.exports = createCoreController('api::testContentType.testContentType');
+      "
+    `);
+    expect(router.toString()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "'use strict';
+
+      /**
+       * testContentType router.
+       */
+
+      const { createCoreRouter } = require('@strapi/strapi').factories;
+
+      module.exports = createCoreRouter('api::testContentType.testContentType');
+      "
+    `);
+    expect(service.toString()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "'use strict';
+
+      /**
+       * testContentType service.
+       */
+
+      const { createCoreService } = require('@strapi/strapi').factories;
+
+      module.exports = createCoreService('api::testContentType.testContentType');
+      "
+    `);
+  });
+
+  test('it generates the schema, then adds the attributes', async () => {
+    await strapiGenerators.generate(
+      'content-type',
+      {
+        displayName: 'testContentType',
+        singularName: 'testContentType',
+        pluralName: 'testContentTypes',
+        kind: 'singleType',
+        id: 'testContentType',
+        useDraftAndPublish: false,
+        destination: 'new',
+        bootstrapApi: false,
+        attributes: [
+          {
+            attributeName: 'name',
+            attributeType: 'string',
+          },
+          {
+            attributeName: 'email',
+            attributeType: 'string',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      { dir: outputDirectory }
+    );
+
+    const generatedSchemaPath = path.join(
+      outputDirectory,
+      'src/api/testContentType',
+      'content-types/testContentType/schema.json'
+    );
+
+    expect((await stat(generatedSchemaPath)).isFile()).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const fileContent = await readFile(generatedSchemaPath, 'utf-8');
+
+    expect(fileContent).not.toBeNull();
+
+    const schema = JSON.parse(fileContent.toString());
+
+    expect(schema.attributes).toStrictEqual({
+      email: { type: 'string' },
+      name: { type: 'string' },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/generators/generators/lib/plops/content-type.js b/packages/generators/generators/lib/plops/content-type.js
index 23cf92b1d0..65e7ce872f 100644
--- a/packages/generators/generators/lib/plops/content-type.js
+++ b/packages/generators/generators/lib/plops/content-type.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = plop => {
         },
       ];
 
-      if (attributes.lenght > 0) {
+      if (Object.entries(attributes).length > 0) {
         baseActions.push({
           type: 'modify',
           path: `${filePath}/content-types/{{ singularName }}/schema.json`,