diff --git a/dev-python/ndg-httpsclient/ndg-httpsclient-0.4.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/ndg-httpsclient/ndg-httpsclient-0.4.2-r1.ebuild
index e7fb90d1d39be..d4f272ba1c676 100644
--- a/dev-python/ndg-httpsclient/ndg-httpsclient-0.4.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ndg-httpsclient/ndg-httpsclient-0.4.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -16,16 +16,37 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P/-/_}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-cygwin ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos ~x86-macos"
-IUSE=""
+IUSE="test"
 
 RDEPEND="dev-python/pyopenssl[$(python_gen_usedep 'python*' pypy)]"
+# we need to block the previous versions since incorrect namespace
+# install breaks tests
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		!!<dev-python/ndg-httpsclient-0.4.2-r1
+		dev-libs/openssl:0
+	)"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${P/-/_}"
 
 # doc build by Makefile in folder documentation is broken
 
+src_test() {
+	# we need to start a fake https server for tests to connect to
+	( cd ndg/httpsclient/test && sh ./scripts/openssl_https_server.sh ) &
+	local server_pid=${!}
+
+	distutils-r1_src_test
+
+	kill "${server_pid}"
+	wait
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	"${PYTHON}" -m unittest discover -v || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
+}
+
 python_install() {
 	distutils-r1_python_install