diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_scp.py b/support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_scp.py
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+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_scp.py
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+import filecmp
+
+from paramiko import SSHClient
+from paramiko.client import AutoAddPolicy
+
+from scp import SCPClient
+
+ssh_client = SSHClient()
+ssh_client.load_system_host_keys()
+ssh_client.set_missing_host_key_policy(AutoAddPolicy)
+ssh_client.connect('127.0.0.1', username='root')
+scp_client = SCPClient(ssh_client.get_transport())
+scp_client.get("/etc/hostname", "/tmp/hostname")
+
+assert filecmp("/etc/hostname", "/tmp/hostname")
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_scp.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_scp.py
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+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_python_scp.py
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+from tests.package.test_python import TestPythonPackageBase
+
+
+class TestPythonSCP(TestPythonPackageBase):
+    __test__ = True
+    config = TestPythonPackageBase.config + \
+        """
+        BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SCP=y
+        """
+    sample_scripts = ["tests/package/sample_python_scp.py"]
+
+    def run_sample_scripts(self):
+        # Allow passwordless root login in SSH server
+        self.assertRunOk("mkdir -m 0700 /root/.ssh")
+        self.assertRunOk("dropbearkey -t ed25519 -f .ssh/id_dropbear")
+        self.assertRunOk("dropbearkey -y -f .ssh/id_dropbear | grep '^ssh-ed25519' > .ssh/authorized_keys")
+        self.assertRunOk("dropbearconvert dropbear openssh .ssh/id_dropbear .ssh/id_ed25519")
+
+        super().run_sample_scripts()