diff --git a/lib/Fez/CLI.rakumod b/lib/Fez/CLI.rakumod
index 4b27309..d8d09f0 100644
--- a/lib/Fez/CLI.rakumod
+++ b/lib/Fez/CLI.rakumod
@@ -959,16 +959,17 @@ multi MAIN('module', Str:D $mod, Bool:D :c(:$class) = False) is export {
   $cwd.add('META6.json').spurt(to-j(%meta));
 } 
 
-multi MAIN('dep', Str:D $dist, Bool :b(:$build) = False, Bool :r(:$remove) = False) is export {
-  MAIN('depends', $dist, :$build, :$remove);
+multi MAIN('dep', Str:D $dist, Bool :b(:$build) = False, Bool :t(:$test) = False, Bool :r(:$remove) = False) is export {
+  MAIN('depends', $dist, :$build, :$test, :$remove);
 }
-multi MAIN('depends', Str:D $dist, Bool :b(:$build) = False, Bool :r(:$remove) = False) is export {
+multi MAIN('depends', Str:D $dist, Bool :b(:$build) = False, Bool :t(:$test) = False, Bool :r(:$remove) = False) is export {
   my $cwd = upcurse-meta();
+  log(FATAL, '-b(--build) and -t(--test) flags cannot be used together, choose one') if $test && $build;
   log(FATAL, 'could not find META6.json') unless $cwd;
   log(DEBUG, "found META6.json in {$cwd.relative}");
 
   log(DEBUG, 'inspecting meta file');
-  my $dep-key = "{$build??'build-'!!''}depends";
+  my $dep-key = "{$build??'build-'!!$test??'test-'!!''}depends";
   my %meta = from-j($cwd.add('META6.json').slurp);
 
 
diff --git a/resources/usage/depends b/resources/usage/depends
index 9110202..f0db02a 100644
--- a/resources/usage/depends
+++ b/resources/usage/depends
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 USAGE
 
-  fez dep <dist> [-b]
+  fez dep <dist> [-b] [-t]
 
-  fez depends <dist> [--build=False]
+  fez depends <dist> [--build=False] [--test=False]
 
 FLAGS
 
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ FLAGS
 
   -b|--build          adds the <dist> to build depends rather than
                       runtime depends
+  -t|--test           adds the <dist> to test depends rather than
+                      runtime depends
 
 Adds a dependency to the META file.