diff --git a/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts b/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts
index 4689937b..541bfc59 100644
--- a/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts
+++ b/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, Type, NgZone } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Type, NgZone, SimpleChange, OnChanges, SimpleChanges } from '@angular/core';
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { BrowserAnimationsModule, NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ export async function render<SutType, WrapperType = SutType>(
     }
   }
 
+  // Call ngOnChanges on initial render
+  if (hasOnChangesHook(fixture.componentInstance)) {
+    const changes = getChangesObj(null, fixture.componentInstance);
+    fixture.componentInstance.ngOnChanges(changes)
+  }
+
   if (detectChangesOnRender) {
     detectChanges();
   }
@@ -113,7 +119,14 @@ export async function render<SutType, WrapperType = SutType>(
   }, {} as FireFunction & FireObject);
 
   const rerender = (rerenderedProperties: Partial<SutType>) => {
+    const changes = getChangesObj(fixture.componentInstance, rerenderedProperties);
+
     setComponentProperties(fixture, { componentProperties: rerenderedProperties });
+
+    if (hasOnChangesHook(fixture.componentInstance)) {
+      fixture.componentInstance.ngOnChanges(changes);
+    }
+
     detectChanges();
   };
 
@@ -210,6 +223,22 @@ function setComponentProperties<SutType>(
   return fixture;
 }
 
+function hasOnChangesHook<SutType>(componentInstance: SutType): componentInstance is SutType & OnChanges {
+  return 'ngOnChanges' in componentInstance
+    && typeof (componentInstance as SutType & OnChanges).ngOnChanges === 'function';
+};
+
+function getChangesObj<SutType>(
+  oldProps: Partial<SutType> | null,
+  newProps: Partial<SutType>
+) {
+  const isFirstChange = oldProps === null;
+  return Object.keys(newProps).reduce<SimpleChanges>((changes, key) => ({
+    ...changes,
+    [key]: new SimpleChange(isFirstChange ? null : oldProps[key], newProps[key], isFirstChange)
+  }), {});
+};
+
 function addAutoDeclarations<SutType>(
   component: Type<SutType>,
   {
diff --git a/projects/testing-library/tests/render.spec.ts b/projects/testing-library/tests/render.spec.ts
index 250bcf18..a28e7cf6 100644
--- a/projects/testing-library/tests/render.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/testing-library/tests/render.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, NgModule, Input, OnChanges, OnInit, SimpleChanges } from '@angular/core';
 import { NoopAnimationsModule, BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { render } from '../src/public_api';
@@ -71,3 +71,47 @@ describe('animationModule', () => {
     expect(() => TestBed.inject(NoopAnimationsModule)).toThrow();
   });
 });
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'fixture',
+  template: ` {{ name }} `,
+})
+class FixtureWithNgOnChangesComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
+  @Input() name = 'Sarah';
+  @Input() nameInitialized?: (name: string) => void;
+  @Input() nameChanged?: (name: string, isFirstChange: boolean) => void;
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    if (this.nameInitialized) {
+      this.nameInitialized(this.name);
+    }
+  }
+
+  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
+    if (changes.name && this.nameChanged) {
+      this.nameChanged(changes.name.currentValue, changes.name.isFirstChange());
+    }
+  }
+}
+describe('Angular component life-cycle hooks', () => {
+  test('will call ngOnInit on initial render', async () => {
+    const nameInitialized = jest.fn();
+    const componentProperties = { nameInitialized };
+    const component = await render(FixtureWithNgOnChangesComponent, { componentProperties });
+
+    component.getByText('Sarah');
+    expect(nameInitialized).toBeCalledWith('Sarah');
+  });
+
+  test('will call ngOnChanges on initial render before ngOnInit', async () => {
+    const nameInitialized = jest.fn();
+    const nameChanged = jest.fn();
+    const componentProperties = { nameInitialized, nameChanged };
+    const component = await render(FixtureWithNgOnChangesComponent, { componentProperties });
+
+    component.getByText('Sarah');
+    expect(nameChanged).toBeCalledWith('Sarah', true);
+    // expect `nameChanged` to be called before `nameInitialized`
+    expect(nameChanged.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(nameInitialized.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/projects/testing-library/tests/rerender.spec.ts b/projects/testing-library/tests/rerender.spec.ts
index 9d654202..eb15220a 100644
--- a/projects/testing-library/tests/rerender.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/testing-library/tests/rerender.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges } from '@angular/core';
 import { render } from '../src/public_api';
 
 @Component({
@@ -20,3 +20,33 @@ test('will rerender the component with updated props', async () => {
 
   component.getByText(name);
 });
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'fixture-onchanges',
+  template: ` {{ name }} `,
+})
+class FixtureWithNgOnChangesComponent implements OnChanges {
+  @Input() name = 'Sarah';
+  @Input() nameChanged: (name: string, isFirstChange: boolean) => void;
+
+  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
+    if (changes.name && this.nameChanged) {
+      this.nameChanged(changes.name.currentValue, changes.name.isFirstChange());
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+test('will call ngOnChanges on rerender', async () => {
+  const nameChanged = jest.fn();
+  const componentProperties = { nameChanged };
+  const component = await render(FixtureWithNgOnChangesComponent, {componentProperties});
+  component.getByText('Sarah');
+
+  const name = 'Mark';
+  component.rerender({
+    name,
+  });
+
+  component.getByText(name);
+  expect(nameChanged).toBeCalledWith(name, false);
+})