diff --git a/swh/lister/core/tests/conftest.py b/swh/lister/core/tests/conftest.py
index 5d75455..89e28a6 100644
--- a/swh/lister/core/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/lister/core/tests/conftest.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def celery_includes():
         'swh.lister.github.tasks',
         'swh.lister.gitlab.tasks',
         'swh.lister.npm.tasks',
+        'swh.lister.pypi.tasks',
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/swh/lister/pypi/tests/__init__.py b/swh/lister/pypi/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/swh/lister/pypi/tests/conftest.py b/swh/lister/pypi/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..507fef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/pypi/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from swh.lister.core.tests.conftest import *  # noqa
diff --git a/swh/lister/pypi/tests/test_tasks.py b/swh/lister/pypi/tests/test_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab7032b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/pypi/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+
+def test_ping(swh_app, celery_session_worker):
+    res = swh_app.send_task(
+        'swh.lister.pypi.tasks.ping')
+    assert res
+    res.wait()
+    assert res.successful()
+    assert res.result == 'OK'
+
+
+@patch('swh.lister.pypi.tasks.PyPILister')
+def test_lister(lister, swh_app, celery_session_worker):
+    # setup the mocked PypiLister
+    lister.return_value = lister
+    lister.run.return_value = None
+
+    res = swh_app.send_task(
+        'swh.lister.pypi.tasks.PyPIListerTask')
+    assert res
+    res.wait()
+    assert res.successful()
+
+    lister.assert_called_once_with()
+    lister.db_last_index.assert_not_called()
+    lister.run.assert_called_once_with()