diff --git a/test/test-release.sh b/test/test-release.sh
index e5df87d7..cc71e60e 100755
--- a/test/test-release.sh
+++ b/test/test-release.sh
@@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ f_color='Terminal color tests completed'
 
 i_dep='Dependency'
 s_dep='Testing for installed dependencies'
-t_dep="- $unit_tests_py dep"
+t_dep="- $unit_tests_py testdep dep daemon.exec"
 f_dep='Dependency tests completed'
 
 i_unit='Unit'
 s_unit='The bitcoin and bitcoin-bchn mainnet daemons must be running for the following tests'
-t_unit="- $unit_tests_py --exclude dep"
+t_unit="- $unit_tests_py --exclude testdep,dep,daemon"
 f_unit='Unit tests completed'
 
 i_hash='Internal hash function implementations'
diff --git a/test/unit_tests_d/ut_dep.py b/test/unit_tests_d/ut_dep.py
index 75ab5111..cd4ad2d2 100755
--- a/test/unit_tests_d/ut_dep.py
+++ b/test/unit_tests_d/ut_dep.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from mmgen.common import *
 class unit_tests:
 
 	altcoin_deps = ('keccak','py_ecc')
+	win_skip = ('aiohttp',)
 
 	def keccak(self,name,ut): # ETH,XMR
 		from sha3 import keccak_256
diff --git a/test/unit_tests_d/ut_testdep.py b/test/unit_tests_d/ut_testdep.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..047b64ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit_tests_d/ut_testdep.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+test.unit_tests_d.ut_testdep: test dependency unit tests for the MMGen suite
+"""
+
+from mmgen.common import *
+
+sec = 'deadbeef' * 8
+
+class unit_tests:
+
+	altcoin_deps = ('pycoin','moneropy','keyconv','zcash_mini','ethkey')
+	win_skip = ('losetup',)
+
+	def core_repo(self,name,ut):
+		crr = os.getenv('CORE_REPO_ROOT')
+		if not crr or not os.path.exists(os.path.join(crr,'src/test/data/tx_valid.json')):
+			ymsg('CORE_REPO_ROOT not set, or does not point to Bitcoin Core repository')
+			return False
+		return True
+
+	def losetup(self,name,ut):
+		os.stat('/dev/loop0')
+		run(['/sbin/losetup','-f'],check=True,stdout=PIPE)
+		return True
+
+	def pycoin(self,name,ut):
+		from pycoin.networks.registry import network_for_netcode as nfnc
+		network = nfnc('btc')
+		key = network.keys.private(secret_exponent=int(sec,16),is_compressed=True)
+		hash160_c = key.hash160(is_compressed=True)
+		addr = network.address.for_p2pkh_wit(hash160_c)
+		return True
+
+	def moneropy(self,name,ut):
+		from moneropy import account
+		res = account.account_from_spend_key(sec)
+		return True
+
+	def keyconv(self,name,ut):
+		res = run(['keyconv','-G','ltc'],stdout=PIPE,stderr=PIPE)
+		return True
+
+	def zcash_mini(self,name,ut):
+		res = run(['zcash-mini'],stdout=PIPE)
+		return True
+
+	def ethkey(self,name,ut):
+		res = run(['ethkey','generate','random'],stdout=PIPE)
+		return True