diff --git a/man/package.yml.5.md b/man/package.yml.5.md
index d183126..ea33f35 100644
--- a/man/package.yml.5.md
+++ b/man/package.yml.5.md
@@ -145,6 +145,22 @@ additional functionality.
     It is not required to list any package here that exists in the `system.base`
     or `system.devel` component.
 
+* `checkdeps` [list]
+
+    Specifies the build and/or run dependencies required to build and/or run
+    the tests of
+    this package in an isolated environment (`solbuild(1)`).
+
+    You may use full package names here, though it is preferable to use the
+    `pkg-config(1)` names.
+
+    `ypkg-build(1)` understands pkgconfig dependencies denoted inside either
+    the `pkgconfig($name)` identifier, or `pkgconfig32($name)` for emul32
+    build dependencies.
+
+    It is not required to list any package here that exists in the `system.base`
+    or `system.devel` component.
+
 * `clang` [boolean]
 
     Set this key to `yes` to force building this package with the `clang`
diff --git a/ypkg-install-deps b/ypkg-install-deps
index 412e2bc..cef18dc 100755
--- a/ypkg-install-deps
+++ b/ypkg-install-deps
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ def main():
             if not idb.has_package(dep):
                 ndeps.add(dep)
 
+    if spec.pkg_checkdeps:
+        for dep in spec.pkg_checkdeps:
+            em32 = pkgconfig32_dep.match(dep)
+            if em32:
+                pc32deps.add(em32.group(1))
+                continue
+            em = pkgconfig_dep.match(dep)
+            if em:
+                pcdeps.add(em.group(1))
+                continue
+            if not idb.has_package(dep):
+                ndeps.add(dep)
+
     # Get the global known pkgconfig providers
     pkgConfigs, pkgConfigs32 = pdb.get_pkgconfig_providers()
 
diff --git a/ypkg2/ypkgspec.py b/ypkg2/ypkgspec.py
index 14382cf..51620aa 100644
--- a/ypkg2/ypkgspec.py
+++ b/ypkg2/ypkgspec.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class YpkgSpec:
 
     # Dependencies
     pkg_builddeps = None
+    pkg_checkdeps = None
 
     mandatory_tokens = None
     optional_tokens = None
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             ("patterns", MultimapFormat(self, self.add_pattern, "main")),
             ("permanent", OneOrMoreString),
             ("builddeps", OneOrMoreString),
+            ("checkdeps", OneOrMoreString),
             ("rundeps", MultimapFormat(self, self.add_rundep, "main")),
             ("component", MultimapFormat(self, self.add_component, "main")),
             ("conflicts", MultimapFormat(self, self.add_conflict, "main")),