diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-cm-scripts.yml b/.github/workflows/test-cm-scripts.yml
index 6e8914e70c..4e54004ee0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-cm-scripts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-cm-scripts.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test CM Script
       run: |
         python tests/script/test_install.py
+        python tests/script/test_deps.py
diff --git a/tests/script/test_deps.py b/tests/script/test_deps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c19b75ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/script/test_deps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# This test covers version, variation, compilation from src, add_deps_recursive, post_deps
+try:
+    import cmind as cm
+
+    r = cm.access({'action':'run', 'automation':'script', 'tags': 'generate-run-cmds,mlperf', 'add_deps_recursive':
+        {'inference-src': {'tags': '_octoml'}, 'loadgen': {'version': 'r2.1'}}, 'env': {'CM_MODEL': 'resnet50',
+            'CM_DEVICE': 'cpu', 'CM_BACKEND': 'onnxruntime'}})
+    if 'return' not in r:
+        raise Exception('CM access function should always return key \'return\'!')
+    if 'error' in r:
+        raise Exception(r['error'])
+    
+    exit(0)
+
+except ImportError as e:
+    from sys import stderr
+    print('CM module for python is not installed', file=stderr)
+    exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/script/test_install.py b/tests/script/test_install.py
index 228e5075be..9831715bd8 100644
--- a/tests/script/test_install.py
+++ b/tests/script/test_install.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# This test covers script installation, version, shared library install
 try:
     import cmind as cm