diff --git a/core/tests/test_trezor.crypto.tropic.py b/core/tests/test_trezor.crypto.tropic.py
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+from common import *  # isort:skip
+
+from slip39_vectors import vectors
+from trezor.crypto import tropic
+
+
+class TestCryptoTropic(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_ping(self):
+        self.assertEqual(tropic.ping("HeLlO!"), "HeLlO!")
+
+    def test_get_certificate(self):
+        self.assertEqual(len(tropic.get_certificate()), 512)
+
+    def test_get_random(self):
+        self.assertEqual(len(tropic.random_get(10)), 10)
+
+    def test_sign(self):
+        try:
+            tropic.sign(0, "ASD")
+            assert False
+        except ValueError as e:
+            self.assertIn("invalid length", str(e).lower())
+
+        # signing needs to fail because we don't have a key!
+        try:
+            tropic.sign(0, "a" * 32)
+            assert False
+        except tropic.TropicError as e:
+            self.assertIn("sign failed", str(e).lower())
+
+        tropic.key_generate(0)
+
+        # signing should work now that we have a key
+        self.assertEqual(len(tropic.sign(0, "a" * 32)), 64)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()