diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildcpio.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildcpio.py
index 79b22d0..a61d1e0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildcpio.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildcpio.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
-from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 from oeqa.runtime.utils.targetbuildproject import TargetBuildProject
 
@@ -13,17 +13,18 @@
         cls.project = TargetBuildProject(cls.tc.target,
                                          uri,
                                          dl_dir = cls.tc.td['DL_DIR'])
-        cls.project.download_archive()
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         cls.project.clean()
 
     @OETestID(205)
-    @skipIfNotFeature('tools-sdk',
-                      'Test requires tools-sdk to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['gcc'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['make'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['autoconf'])
     def test_cpio(self):
+        self.project.download_archive()
         self.project.run_configure()
         self.project.run_make()
         self.project.run_install()
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildgalculator.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildgalculator.py
index 7c9d4a3..a0a0032 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildgalculator.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildgalculator.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
-from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 from oeqa.runtime.utils.targetbuildproject import TargetBuildProject
 
@@ -13,16 +13,17 @@
         cls.project = TargetBuildProject(cls.tc.target,
                                          uri,
                                          dl_dir = cls.tc.td['DL_DIR'])
-        cls.project.download_archive()
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         cls.project.clean()
 
     @OETestID(1526)
-    @skipIfNotFeature('tools-sdk',
-                      'Test requires tools-sdk to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['gcc'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['make'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['autoconf'])
     def test_galculator(self):
+        self.project.download_archive()
         self.project.run_configure()
         self.project.run_make()
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildlzip.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildlzip.py
index ca3fead..5b455a0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildlzip.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildlzip.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
-from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 from oeqa.runtime.utils.targetbuildproject import TargetBuildProject
 
@@ -14,21 +14,19 @@
         cls.project = TargetBuildProject(cls.tc.target,
                                          uri,
                                          dl_dir = cls.tc.td['DL_DIR'])
-        cls.project.download_archive()
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         cls.project.clean()
 
     @OETestID(206)
-    @skipIfNotFeature('tools-sdk',
-                      'Test requires tools-sdk to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['gcc'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['make'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['autoconf'])
     def test_lzip(self):
+        self.project.download_archive()
         self.project.run_configure()
         self.project.run_make()
         self.project.run_install()
 
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(self):
-        self.project.clean()
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/date.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/date.py
index ece7338..0887b83 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/date.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/date.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class DateTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 
     @OETestID(211)
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['coreutils', 'busybox'])
     def test_date(self):
         (status, output) = self.target.run('date +"%Y-%m-%d %T"')
         msg = 'Failed to get initial date, output: %s' % output
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/df.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/df.py
index aecc32d..e0b6bb8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/df.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/df.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class DfTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
     @OETestID(234)
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['coreutils', 'busybox'])
     def test_df(self):
         cmd = "df / | sed -n '2p' | awk '{print $4}'"
         (status,output) = self.target.run(cmd)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/gcc.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/gcc.py
index 9110831..8265c59 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/gcc.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/gcc.py
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
-from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class GccCompileTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
+    def setUp(cls):
         dst = '/tmp/'
         src = os.path.join(cls.tc.files_dir, 'test.c')
         cls.tc.target.copyTo(src, dst)
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@
         cls.tc.target.copyTo(src, dst)
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def tearDown(cls):
         files = '/tmp/test.c /tmp/test.o /tmp/test /tmp/testmakefile'
         cls.tc.target.run('rm %s' % files)
 
     @OETestID(203)
-    @skipIfNotFeature('tools-sdk',
-                      'Test requires tools-sdk to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['gcc'])
     def test_gcc_compile(self):
         status, output = self.target.run('gcc /tmp/test.c -o /tmp/test -lm')
         msg = 'gcc compile failed, output: %s' % output
@@ -38,9 +37,8 @@
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
     @OETestID(200)
-    @skipIfNotFeature('tools-sdk',
-                      'Test requires tools-sdk to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['g++'])
     def test_gpp_compile(self):
         status, output = self.target.run('g++ /tmp/test.c -o /tmp/test -lm')
         msg = 'g++ compile failed, output: %s' % output
@@ -51,9 +49,8 @@
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
     @OETestID(1142)
-    @skipIfNotFeature('tools-sdk',
-                      'Test requires tools-sdk to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['g++'])
     def test_gpp2_compile(self):
         status, output = self.target.run('g++ /tmp/test.cpp -o /tmp/test -lm')
         msg = 'g++ compile failed, output: %s' % output
@@ -64,9 +61,9 @@
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
     @OETestID(204)
-    @skipIfNotFeature('tools-sdk',
-                      'Test requires tools-sdk to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['gcc'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['make'])
     def test_make(self):
         status, output = self.target.run('cd /tmp; make -f testmakefile')
         msg = 'running make failed, output %s' % output
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/kernelmodule.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/kernelmodule.py
index de1a5aa..27a2c35 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/kernelmodule.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/kernelmodule.py
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class KernelModuleTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
+    def setUp(cls):
         src = os.path.join(cls.tc.runtime_files_dir, 'hellomod.c')
         dst = '/tmp/hellomod.c'
         cls.tc.target.copyTo(src, dst)
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
         cls.tc.target.copyTo(src, dst)
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def tearDown(cls):
         files = '/tmp/Makefile /tmp/hellomod.c'
         cls.tc.target.run('rm %s' % files)
 
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@
     @skipIfNotFeature('tools-sdk',
                       'Test requires tools-sdk to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['gcc.GccCompileTest.test_gcc_compile'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['kernel-devsrc'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['make'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['gcc'])
     def test_kernel_module(self):
         cmds = [
             'cd /usr/src/kernel && make scripts prepare',
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py
index 29e9902..693f5d6 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 class OpkgRepoTest(OpkgTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
+    def setUp(cls):
         allarchfeed = 'all'
         if cls.tc.td["MULTILIB_VARIANTS"]:
             allarchfeed = cls.tc.td["TUNE_PKGARCH"]
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         cls.repo_server.start()
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def tearDown(cls):
         cls.repo_server.stop()
 
     def setup_source_config_for_package_install(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
index 77ae7b6..0972a58 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 from oeqa.utils.logparser import Lparser, Result
 
 class PtestRunnerTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
     @OETestID(1600)
     @skipIfNotFeature('ptest', 'Test requires ptest to be in DISTRO_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['ptest-runner'])
     @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_ptestrunner(self):
         status, output = self.target.run('which ptest-runner', 0)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/python.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/python.py
index 4419a9f..66ab4d2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/python.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/python.py
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class PythonTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        import unittest
-        if "python3-core" not in cls.tc.image_packages:
-            raise unittest.SkipTest("Python3 not on target")
-
     @OETestID(965)
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['python3-core'])
     def test_python3(self):
         cmd = "python3 -c \"import codecs; print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\""
         status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
index 1e5e463..de92157 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
 
 class RpmBasicTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        if cls.tc.td['PACKAGE_CLASSES'].split()[0] != 'package_rpm':
-            cls.skipTest('Tests require image to be build from rpm')
-
     @OETestID(960)
     @OEHasPackage(['rpm'])
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
@@ -26,6 +21,9 @@
     @OETestID(191)
     @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmBasicTest.test_rpm_help'])
     def test_rpm_query(self):
+        status, output = self.target.run('ls /var/lib/rpm/')
+        if status != 0:
+            self.skipTest('No /var/lib/rpm on target')
         status, output = self.target.run('rpm -q rpm')
         msg = 'status and output: %s and %s' % (status, output)
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
@@ -34,30 +32,25 @@
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
-        if cls.tc.td['PACKAGE_CLASSES'].split()[0] != 'package_rpm':
-            cls.skipTest('Tests require image to be build from rpm')
-
         pkgarch = cls.td['TUNE_PKGARCH'].replace('-', '_')
         rpmdir = os.path.join(cls.tc.td['DEPLOY_DIR'], 'rpm', pkgarch)
         # Pick base-passwd-doc as a test file to get installed, because it's small
         # and it will always be built for standard targets
         rpm_doc = 'base-passwd-doc-*.%s.rpm' % pkgarch
+        if not os.path.exists(rpmdir):
+            return
         for f in fnmatch.filter(os.listdir(rpmdir), rpm_doc):
-            test_file = os.path.join(rpmdir, f)
-        dst = '/tmp/base-passwd-doc.rpm'
-        cls.tc.target.copyTo(test_file, dst)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
-        dst = '/tmp/base-passwd-doc.rpm'
-        cls.tc.target.run('rm -f %s' % dst)
+            cls.test_file = os.path.join(rpmdir, f)
+        cls.dst = '/tmp/base-passwd-doc.rpm'
 
     @OETestID(192)
-    @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmBasicTest.test_rpm_help'])
+    @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmBasicTest.test_rpm_query'])
     def test_rpm_install(self):
+        self.tc.target.copyTo(self.test_file, self.dst)
         status, output = self.target.run('rpm -ivh /tmp/base-passwd-doc.rpm')
         msg = 'Failed to install base-passwd-doc package: %s' % output
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+        self.tc.target.run('rm -f %s' % self.dst)
 
     @OETestID(194)
     @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmInstallRemoveTest.test_rpm_install'])
@@ -118,6 +111,8 @@
         msg =  'Failed to find database files under /var/lib/rpm/ as __db.xxx'
         self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
 
+        self.tc.target.copyTo(self.test_file, self.dst)
+
         # Remove the package just in case
         self.target.run('rpm -e base-passwd-doc')
 
@@ -131,6 +126,8 @@
             msg = 'Failed to remove base-passwd-doc package. Reason: {}'.format(output)
             self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
 
+        self.tc.target.run('rm -f %s' % self.dst)
+
         # if using systemd this should ensure all entries are flushed to /var
         status, output = self.target.run("journalctl --sync")
         # Get the amount of entries in the log file
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/scp.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/scp.py
index f488a61..8f895da 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/scp.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/scp.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class ScpTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 
     @OETestID(220)
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['openssh-scp', 'dropbear'])
     def test_scp_file(self):
         dst = '/tmp/test_scp_file'
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
index eca1679..0b1ea7b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class SSHTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
     @OETestID(224)
     @OETestDepends(['ping.PingTest.test_ping'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['dropbear', 'openssh-sshd'])
     def test_ssh(self):
         (status, output) = self.target.run('uname -a')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='SSH Test failed: %s' % output)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/stap.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/stap.py
index 96e197a..c492caf 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/stap.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/stap.py
@@ -4,17 +4,18 @@
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class StapTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
+    def setUp(cls):
         src = os.path.join(cls.tc.runtime_files_dir, 'hello.stp')
         dst = '/tmp/hello.stp'
         cls.tc.target.copyTo(src, dst)
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def tearDown(cls):
         files = '/tmp/hello.stp'
         cls.tc.target.run('rm %s' % files)
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
     @skipIfNotFeature('tools-profile',
                       'Test requires tools-profile to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['kernelmodule.KernelModuleTest.test_kernel_module'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['systemtap'])
     def test_stap(self):
         cmds = [
             'cd /usr/src/kernel && make scripts prepare',
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/xorg.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/xorg.py
index 2124813..82521c6 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/xorg.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/xorg.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class XorgTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
     @skipIfNotFeature('x11-base',
                       'Test requires x11 to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['xserver-nodm-init'])
     def test_xorg_running(self):
         cmd ='%s | grep -v xinit | grep [X]org' % self.tc.target_cmds['ps']
         status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
index a7f3823..db0482d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     default_manifest = 'data/manifest'
     default_server_ip = '192.168.7.1'
     default_target_ip = '192.168.7.2'
-    default_host_dumper_dir = '/tmp/oe-saved-tests'
     default_extract_dir = 'packages/extracted'
 
     def register_commands(self, logger, subparsers):
@@ -71,9 +70,7 @@
                 % self.default_server_ip)
 
         runtime_group.add_argument('--host-dumper-dir', action='store',
-                default=self.default_host_dumper_dir,
-                help="Directory where host status is dumped, if tests fails, default: %s" \
-                % self.default_host_dumper_dir)
+                help="Directory where host status is dumped, if tests fails")
 
         runtime_group.add_argument('--packages-manifest', action='store',
                 default=self.default_manifest,
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@
         if target_type == 'simpleremote':
             target = OESSHTarget(logger, target_ip, server_ip, **kwargs)
         elif target_type == 'qemu':
-            target = OEQemuTarget(logger, target_ip, server_ip, **kwargs)
+            target = OEQemuTarget(logger, server_ip, **kwargs)
         else:
             # XXX: This code uses the old naming convention for controllers and
             # targets, the idea it is to leave just targets as the controller