diff --git a/cibuildwheel/util.py b/cibuildwheel/util.py
index 77285f61..16bd832a 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/util.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/util.py
@@ -103,4 +103,5 @@ class DependencyConstraints(object):
             return self.base_file_path
 
 
-get_pip_script = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'resources', 'get-pip.py'))
+resources_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'resources'))
+get_pip_script = os.path.join(resources_dir, 'get-pip.py')
diff --git a/test/11_dependency_versions/cibuildwheel_test.py b/test/11_dependency_versions/cibuildwheel_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a664978f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/11_dependency_versions/cibuildwheel_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import os
+import re
+import cibuildwheel.util
+import pytest
+
+import utils
+
+VERSION_REGEX = r'([\w-]+)==([^\s]+)'
+
+
+def get_version_from_constraint_file(package_name, constraint_file):
+    version_pattern = package_name + r'==([^\s]+)'
+
+    with open(constraint_file, encoding='utf8') as f:
+        constraint_file_text = f.read()
+
+    match = re.search(version_pattern, constraint_file_text)
+
+    if not match:
+        raise Exception("couldn't find version spec matching " + version_pattern)
+
+    return match.group(1)
+
+
+def get_versions_from_constraint_file(python2=False):
+    if python2:
+        constraint_filename = 'constraints-python27.txt'
+    else:
+        constraint_filename = 'constraints.txt'
+
+    constraint_file = os.path.join(cibuildwheel.util.resources_dir, constraint_filename)
+
+    with open(constraint_file, encoding='utf8') as f:
+        constraint_file_text = f.read()
+
+    versions = {}
+
+    for line in constraint_file_text.strip().splitlines():
+        match = re.match(VERSION_REGEX, line)
+        if match:
+            versions[match.group(1)] = match.group(2)
+
+    return versions
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('python_version', ['2.7', '3.x'])
+def test_pinned_versions(python_version):
+    if utils.platform == 'linux':
+        pytest.skip('linux doesn\'t pin individual tool versions, it pins manylinux images instead')
+
+    project_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+    build_environment = {}
+
+    if python_version == '2.7':
+        constraint_filename = 'constraints-python27.txt'
+    else:
+        constraint_filename = 'constraints.txt'
+
+    constraint_file = os.path.join(cibuildwheel.util.resources_dir, constraint_filename)
+
+    for package in ['pip', 'setuptools', 'wheel', 'virtualenv']:
+        env_name = 'EXPECTED_{}_VERSION'.format(package.upper())
+        build_environment[env_name] = get_version_from_constraint_file(package, constraint_file)
+
+    cibw_environment_option = ' '.join(['{}={}'.format(k, v) for k, v in build_environment.items()])
+    cibw_build_option = 'cp27-*' if python_version == '2.7' else 'cp3*'
+
+    # build and test the wheels
+    actual_wheels = utils.cibuildwheel_run(project_dir, add_env={
+        'CIBW_BUILD': cibw_build_option,
+        'CIBW_ENVIRONMENT': cibw_environment_option,
+        'CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES': 'pytest',
+        'CIBW_TEST_COMMAND': 'pytest {project}/test',
+    })
+
+    # also check that we got the right wheels
+    expected_wheels = utils.expected_wheels('spam', '0.1.0')
+    assert set(actual_wheels) == set(expected_wheels)
+
+
+# TODO: add a test with a user-specified constraints file
diff --git a/test/11_dependency_versions/setup.py b/test/11_dependency_versions/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..209f45b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/11_dependency_versions/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from setuptools import (
+    Extension,
+    setup,
+)
+
+setup(
+    name="spam",
+    ext_modules=[Extension('spam', sources=['spam.c'])],
+    version="0.1.0",
+)
diff --git a/test/11_dependency_versions/spam.c b/test/11_dependency_versions/spam.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1ab0f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/11_dependency_versions/spam.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+
+static PyObject *
+spam_system(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    const char *command;
+    int sts;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &command))
+        return NULL;
+    sts = system(command);
+    return PyLong_FromLong(sts);
+}
+
+/* Module initialization */
+
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+    #define MOD_INIT(name) PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_##name(void)
+    #define MOD_DEF(m, name, doc, methods, module_state_size) \
+        static struct PyModuleDef moduledef = { \
+            PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT, name, doc, module_state_size, methods, }; \
+        m = PyModule_Create(&moduledef);
+    #define MOD_RETURN(m) return m;
+#else
+    #define MOD_INIT(name) PyMODINIT_FUNC init##name(void)
+    #define MOD_DEF(m, name, doc, methods, module_state_size) \
+        m = Py_InitModule3(name, methods, doc);
+    #define MOD_RETURN(m) return;
+#endif
+
+static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
+    {"system", (PyCFunction)spam_system, METH_VARARGS, 
+     "Execute a shell command."},
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+MOD_INIT(spam)
+{
+    PyObject* m;
+
+    MOD_DEF(m, 
+            "spam", 
+            "Example module", 
+            module_methods,
+            -1)
+
+    MOD_RETURN(m)
+}
diff --git a/test/11_dependency_versions/test/spam_test.py b/test/11_dependency_versions/test/spam_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58ed31c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/11_dependency_versions/test/spam_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+
+def test_expected_pip_version():
+    expected_pip_version = os.environ['EXPECTED_PIP_VERSION']
+
+    versions_output_text = subprocess.check_output(
+        ['pip', 'freeze', '--all', '-qq'],
+        universal_newlines=True,
+    )
+    versions = versions_output_text.strip().splitlines()
+
+    # `versions` now looks like:
+    # ['pip==x.x.x', 'setuptools==x.x.x', 'wheel==x.x.x']
+
+    assert 'pip=={}'.format(expected_pip_version) in versions