diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/scp.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/scp.py
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+import subprocess
+import unittest
+import os
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    if not (oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("dropbear") or oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage("openssh-sshd")):
+        skipModule("No ssh package in image")
+
+
+class ScpTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+         subprocess.check_call("dd if=/dev/zero of=%s bs=512k count=10" % os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", True), 'test_scp_file'), shell=True)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_scp(self):
+        (status, output) = self.target.copy_to(os.path.join(oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", True), 'test_scp_file'), '/tmp/test_scp_file')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "File could not be copied. Output: %s" % output)
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("ls -la /tmp/test_scp_file")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = "SCP test failed")