diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Dependencies/NuGet.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Dependencies/NuGet.cs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Dependencies/NuGet.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Tests.Dependencies
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class NuGet
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void NuGet_Package_Versions_Are_The_Same_In_All_Package_Config_Files()
+        {
+            var packagesAndVersions = GetNuGetPackagesInSolution();
+            Assert.IsTrue(packagesAndVersions.Any());
+
+            var failTest = false;
+            foreach (var package in packagesAndVersions.OrderBy(x => x.ConfigFilePath))
+            {
+                var matchingPackages = packagesAndVersions.Where(x => string.Equals(x.PackageName, package.PackageName, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));
+                foreach (var matchingPackage in matchingPackages)
+                {
+                    if (package.PackageVersion == matchingPackage.PackageVersion)
+                        continue;
+
+                    Debug.WriteLine("Package '{0}' with version {1} in {2} doesn't match with version {3} in {4}",
+                        package.PackageName, package.PackageVersion, package.ConfigFilePath,
+                        matchingPackage.PackageVersion, matchingPackage.ConfigFilePath);
+                    failTest = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            Assert.IsFalse(failTest);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void NuSpec_File_Matches_Installed_Dependencies()
+        {
+            var solutionDirectory = GetSolutionDirectory();
+            Assert.NotNull(solutionDirectory);
+            Assert.NotNull(solutionDirectory.Parent);
+
+            var nuSpecPath = solutionDirectory.Parent.FullName + "\\build\\NuSpecs\\";
+            Assert.IsTrue(Directory.Exists(nuSpecPath));
+
+            var packagesAndVersions = GetNuGetPackagesInSolution();
+            var failTest = false;
+
+            var nuSpecFiles = Directory.GetFiles(nuSpecPath);
+            foreach (var fileName in nuSpecFiles.Where(x => x.EndsWith("nuspec")))
+            {
+                var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(NuSpec));
+                using (var reader = new StreamReader(fileName))
+                {
+                    var nuspec = (NuSpec)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
+                    var dependencies = nuspec.MetaData.dependencies;
+
+                    //UmbracoCms.Core has version "[$version$]" - ignore
+                    foreach (var dependency in dependencies.Where(x => x.Id != "UmbracoCms.Core"))
+                    {
+                        var dependencyVersionRange = dependency.Version.Replace("[", string.Empty).Replace("(", string.Empty).Split(',');
+                        var dependencyMinimumVersion = dependencyVersionRange.First().Trim();
+                        
+                        var matchingPackages = packagesAndVersions.Where(x => string.Equals(x.PackageName, dependency.Id,
+                                        StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)).ToList();
+                        if (matchingPackages.Any() == false)
+                            continue;
+
+                        // NuGet_Package_Versions_Are_The_Same_In_All_Package_Config_Files test 
+                        // guarantees that all packages have one version, solutionwide, so it's okay to take First() here
+                        if (dependencyMinimumVersion != matchingPackages.First().PackageVersion)
+                        {
+                            Debug.WriteLine("NuSpec dependency '{0}' with minimum version {1} in doesn't match with version {2} in the solution",
+                                dependency.Id, dependencyMinimumVersion, matchingPackages.First().PackageVersion);
+                            failTest = true;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            Assert.IsFalse(failTest);
+        }
+
+        private List<PackageVersionMatcher> GetNuGetPackagesInSolution()
+        {
+            var packagesAndVersions = new List<PackageVersionMatcher>();
+            var solutionDirectory = GetSolutionDirectory();
+            if (solutionDirectory == null)
+                return packagesAndVersions;
+
+            var packageConfigFiles = new List<FileInfo>();
+            var packageDirectories =
+                solutionDirectory.GetDirectories().Where(x =>
+                            x.Name.StartsWith("Umbraco.Tests") == false &&
+                            x.Name.StartsWith("Umbraco.MSBuild.Tasks") == false).ToArray();
+
+            foreach (var directory in packageDirectories)
+            {
+                var packagesFiles = directory.EnumerateFiles("packages.config");
+                packageConfigFiles.AddRange(packagesFiles);
+            }
+
+            foreach (var file in packageConfigFiles)
+            {
+                //read all and de-duplicate packages
+                var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(PackageConfigEntries));
+                using (var reader = new StreamReader(file.FullName))
+                {
+                    var packages = (PackageConfigEntries)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
+                    packagesAndVersions.AddRange(packages.Package.Select(package =>
+                        new PackageVersionMatcher
+                        {
+                            PackageName = package.Id,
+                            PackageVersion = package.Version,
+                            ConfigFilePath = file.FullName
+                        }));
+                }
+            }
+            return packagesAndVersions;
+        }
+
+        private DirectoryInfo GetSolutionDirectory()
+        {
+            var testsDirectory = new FileInfo(TestHelper.MapPathForTest("~/"));
+            if (testsDirectory.Directory == null)
+                return null;
+            if (testsDirectory.Directory.Parent == null || testsDirectory.Directory.Parent.Parent == null)
+                return null;
+            var solutionDirectory = testsDirectory.Directory.Parent.Parent.Parent;
+            return solutionDirectory;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class PackageVersionMatcher
+    {
+        public string ConfigFilePath { get; set; }
+        public string PackageName { get; set; }
+        public string PackageVersion { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    [XmlType(AnonymousType = true)]
+    [XmlRoot(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false, ElementName = "packages")]
+    public class PackageConfigEntries
+    {
+        [XmlElement("package")]
+        public PackagesPackage[] Package { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    [XmlType(AnonymousType = true, TypeName = "package")]
+    public class PackagesPackage
+    {
+        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "id")]
+        public string Id { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "version")]
+        public string Version { get; set; }
+    }
+    
+
+    [XmlType(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd")]
+    [XmlRoot(Namespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd", IsNullable = false, ElementName = "package")]
+    public class NuSpec
+    {
+        [XmlElement("metadata")]
+        public Metadata MetaData { get; set; }
+    }
+    
+    [XmlType(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd", TypeName = "metadata")]
+    public class Metadata
+    {
+        [XmlArrayItem("dependency", IsNullable = false)]
+        //TODO: breaks when renamed to capital D
+        public Dependency[] dependencies { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    [XmlType(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd", TypeName = "dependencies")]
+    public class Dependency
+    {
+        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "id")]
+        public string Id { get; set; }
+        
+        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "version")]
+        public string Version { get; set; }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
index 84d14dabcf..1334451890 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Umbraco.Tests.csproj
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Dependencies\NuGet.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Migrations\MigrationIssuesTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\BulkDataReaderTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Migrations\MigrationStartupHandlerTests.cs" />