diff --git a/tests/test_pkgmanifest.py b/tests/test_pkgmanifest.py
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+# Copyright (C) Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
+# See LICENSE for details.
+
+import requests
+from platformio.util import get_api_result
+
+
+def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
+    if "package_data" not in metafunc.fixturenames:
+        return
+    pkgs_manifest = get_api_result("/packages")
+    assert isinstance(pkgs_manifest, dict)
+    packages = []
+    for _, variants in pkgs_manifest.iteritems():
+        for item in variants:
+            packages.append(item)
+    metafunc.parametrize("package_data", packages)
+
+
+def validate_response(req):
+    assert req.status_code == 200
+    assert int(req.headers['Content-Length']) > 0
+
+
+def validate_package(url):
+    r = requests.head(url, allow_redirects=True)
+    validate_response(r)
+    assert r.headers['Content-Type'] == "application/x-gzip"
+
+
+def test_package(package_data):
+    assert str(
+        package_data['version']) + ".tar.gz" in package_data['url']
+    validate_package(package_data['url'])