diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/multilib.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/multilib.py
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+import unittest
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest, skipModule
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+def setUpModule():
+    multilibs = oeRuntimeTest.tc.d.getVar("MULTILIBS", True) or ""
+    if "multilib:lib32" not in multilibs:
+        skipModule("this isn't a multilib:lib32 image")
+
+
+class MultilibTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    def parse(self, s):
+        """
+        Parse the output of readelf -h and return the binary class, or fail.
+        """
+        l = [l.split()[1] for l in s.split('\n') if "Class:" in l]
+        if l:
+            return l[0]
+        else:
+            self.fail("Cannot parse readelf output\n" + s)
+
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_ssh')
+    def test_check_multilib_libc(self):
+        """
+        Check that a multilib image has both 32-bit and 64-bit libc in.
+        """
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("readelf -h /lib/libc.so.6")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "Failed to readelf /lib/libc.so.6")
+        class32 = self.parse(output)
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("readelf -h /lib64/libc.so.6")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "Failed to readelf /lib64/libc.so.6")
+        class64 = self.parse(output)
+
+        self.assertEqual(class32, "ELF32", msg="/lib/libc.so.6 isn't ELF32 (is %s)" % class32)
+        self.assertEqual(class64, "ELF64", msg="/lib64/libc.so.6 isn't ELF64 (is %s)" % class64)
+
+    @testcase('279')
+    @skipUnlessPassed('test_check_multilib_libc')
+    def test_file_connman(self):
+        self.assertTrue(oeRuntimeTest.hasPackage('lib32-connman-gnome'), msg="This test assumes lib32-connman-gnome is installed")
+
+        (status, output) = self.target.run("readelf -h /usr/bin/connman-applet")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, "Failed to readelf /usr/bin/connman-applet")
+        theclass = self.parse(output)
+        self.assertEqual(theclass, "ELF32", msg="connman-applet isn't ELF32 (is %s)" % theclass)