There is a bundled test suite that is somewhat tricky to use. I will explain how to run it here. I will not cover how to setup the proper rpm build environment and nessesary packages you will have to install or how to do that. Install the apache-mod_python-3.3.1-14.1mdv2010.2.src.rpm package as a non root user. Change directory to where the apache-mod_python.spec file is: cd ~/RPM/SPECS/ and do: rpm -bb apache-mod_python.spec Make the /var/cache/httpd/mod_python directory owned by the user (you) who built the apache-mod_python-3.3.1-14.1mdv2010.2 package. su root; chown you:you /var/cache/httpd/mod_python Then exit the root shell and change directory to the rpm build dir: cd ~/RPM/BUILD/apache-mod_python-3.3.1/test and do: python test.py All tests should pass. Remember to reset the permissions on the mutex cache dir so that the apache user can use it: su root; chown apache:apache /var/cache/httpd/mod_python Done.