diff --git a/matplotlib/meta.yaml b/matplotlib/meta.yaml
index ebad280..6902a23 100644
--- a/matplotlib/meta.yaml
+++ b/matplotlib/meta.yaml
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ test:
   requires:
     - nose
     - mock
+    - setuptools
   imports:
     - matplotlib
+  commands:
+    - python -c "import pkg_resources; pkg_resources.require('matplotlib')"
 
 about:
   home: http://matplotlib.org/