diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Ui/TemplateEngine/Xhtml/Result.php b/app/code/Magento/Ui/TemplateEngine/Xhtml/Result.php
index cda3106a14f492af4c60fa383a2278321016308d..bd1dde10f8eedbcb958290f3882ae98c3b3498a0 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Ui/TemplateEngine/Xhtml/Result.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Ui/TemplateEngine/Xhtml/Result.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Result implements ResultInterface
     protected function wrapContent($content)
     {
         return '<script type="text/x-magento-init"><![CDATA['
-        . '{"*": {"Magento_Ui/js/core/app": ' . str_replace(['<![CDATA[', ']]>'], '', $content) . '}}'
+        . '{"*": {"Magento_Ui/js/core/app": ' . str_replace(']]>', ']]]]><![CDATA[>', $content) . '}}'
         . ']]></script>';
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Ui/Test/Unit/TemplateEngine/Xhtml/ResultTest.php b/app/code/Magento/Ui/Test/Unit/TemplateEngine/Xhtml/ResultTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e51062e1cb36b7396902b6a74728789218b13ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Ui/Test/Unit/TemplateEngine/Xhtml/ResultTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+
+namespace Magento\Ui\Test\Unit\TemplateEngine\Xhtml;
+
+use Magento\Framework\TestFramework\Unit\Helper\ObjectManager;
+use Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Generator\Structure;
+use Magento\Framework\View\Element\UiComponentInterface;
+use Magento\Framework\View\TemplateEngine\Xhtml\CompilerInterface;
+use Magento\Framework\View\TemplateEngine\Xhtml\Template;
+use Magento\Ui\TemplateEngine\Xhtml\Result;
+use PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject as MockObject;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Test Class for Class Result.
+ * @see \Magento\Ui\TemplateEngine\Xhtml\Result
+ *
+ * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.CouplingBetweenObjects)
+ */
+class ResultTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var Template|MockObject
+     */
+    private $template;
+
+    /**
+     * @var CompilerInterface|MockObject
+     */
+    private $compiler;
+
+    /**
+     * @var UiComponentInterface|MockObject
+     */
+    private $component;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Structure|MockObject
+     */
+    private $structure;
+
+    /**
+     * @var LoggerInterface|MockObject
+     */
+    private $logger;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Result
+     */
+    private $testModel;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ObjectManager
+     */
+    private $objectManager;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->template = $this->createPartialMock(Template::class, ['append']);
+        $this->compiler = $this->createMock(CompilerInterface::class);
+        $this->component = $this->createMock(UiComponentInterface::class);
+        $this->structure = $this->createPartialMock(Structure::class, ['generate']);
+        $this->logger = $this->createMock(LoggerInterface::class);
+
+        $this->objectManager = new ObjectManager($this);
+        $this->testModel = $this->objectManager->getObject(Result::class, [
+            'template' => $this->template,
+            'compiler' => $this->compiler,
+            'component' => $this->component,
+            'structure' => $this->structure,
+            'logger' => $this->logger,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test Append layout configuration method
+     */
+    public function testAppendLayoutConfiguration()
+    {
+        $configWithCdata = 'text before <![CDATA[cdata text]]>';
+        $this->structure->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('generate')
+            ->with($this->component)
+            ->willReturn([$configWithCdata]);
+        $this->template->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('append')
+            ->with('<script type="text/x-magento-init"><![CDATA[{"*": {"Magento_Ui/js/core/app": '
+                . '["text before <![CDATA[cdata text]]]]><![CDATA[>"]'
+                . '}}]]></script>');
+        
+        $this->testModel->appendLayoutConfiguration();
+    }
+}