diff --git a/interfaces/python/ck2cti.py b/interfaces/python/ck2cti.py
index 06846841e..6791542e2 100755
--- a/interfaces/python/ck2cti.py
+++ b/interfaces/python/ck2cti.py
@@ -1588,7 +1588,10 @@ Example:
 
 def convertMech(inputFile, thermoFile=None,
                 transportFile=None, phaseName='gas',
-                outName=None):
+                outName=None, quiet=False):
+    if quiet:
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
+
     # Read input mechanism files
     elements, species, reactions = loadChemkinFile(inputFile)
 
@@ -1604,8 +1607,9 @@ def convertMech(inputFile, thermoFile=None,
 
     # Write output file
     writeCTI(elements, species, reactions, name=phaseName, outName=outName)
-    print 'Wrote CTI mechanism file to {0!r}.'.format(outName)
-    print 'Mechanism contains {0} species and {1} reactions.'.format(len(species), len(reactions))
+    if not quiet:
+        print 'Wrote CTI mechanism file to {0!r}.'.format(outName)
+        print 'Mechanism contains {0} species and {1} reactions.'.format(len(species), len(reactions))
 
 ################################################################################
 
diff --git a/test/SConscript b/test/SConscript
index dbdc0ac6e..8ac93020f 100644
--- a/test/SConscript
+++ b/test/SConscript
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ addTestProgram('thermo', 'thermo')
 addTestProgram('kinetics', 'kinetics')
 
 if localenv['python_package'] == 'full':
-    pyTest= addTestScript('python', 'runTests.py',
-                          interpreter=sys.executable,
-                          dependencies=['testSolution.py', 'testReactors.py',
-                                        localenv['python_module']])
+    pyTest = addTestScript('python', 'runTests.py',
+                           interpreter=sys.executable,
+                           dependencies=(mglob(localenv, 'python', 'py') +
+                                         localenv['python_module']))
     localenv.Alias('test-python', pyTest)
     env['testNames'].append('python')
 
diff --git a/test/python/runTests.py b/test/python/runTests.py
index 1b2391c6e..fb6bd01f5 100644
--- a/test/python/runTests.py
+++ b/test/python/runTests.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     suite.addTests(loader.loadTestsFromName('testPureFluid'))
     suite.addTests(loader.loadTestsFromName('testEquilibrium'))
     suite.addTests(loader.loadTestsFromName('testReactors'))
+    suite.addTests(loader.loadTestsFromName('testConvert'))
 
     results = runner.run(suite)
     sys.exit(len(results.errors) + len(results.failures))
diff --git a/test/python/testConvert.py b/test/python/testConvert.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c50a59416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/python/testConvert.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import os
+import unittest
+import numpy as np
+import ck2cti
+
+import Cantera as ct
+
+class chemkinConverterTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_gri30(self):
+        if os.path.exists('gri30_test.cti'):
+            os.remove('gri30_test.cti')
+
+        ck2cti.convertMech('../../data/inputs/gri30.inp',
+                           transportFile='../../data/transport/gri30_tran.dat',
+                           outName='gri30_test.cti', quiet=True)
+
+        ref = ct.IdealGasMix('gri30.xml')
+        gas = ct.IdealGasMix('gri30_test.cti')
+
+        self.assertEqual(ref.speciesNames(), gas.speciesNames())
+        self.assertTrue((ref.reactantStoichCoeffs() == gas.reactantStoichCoeffs()).all())
+