diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index d0cb44ae..8755f8e2 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -70,6 +70,52 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nix-github-actions": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nix-unit",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1688870561,
+        "narHash": "sha256-4UYkifnPEw1nAzqqPOTL2MvWtm3sNGw1UTYTalkTcGY=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nix-github-actions",
+        "rev": "165b1650b753316aa7f1787f3005a8d2da0f5301",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nix-github-actions",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nix-unit": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-parts": [
+          "flake-parts"
+        ],
+        "nix-github-actions": "nix-github-actions",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "treefmt-nix": "treefmt-nix"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1690289081,
+        "narHash": "sha256-PCXQAQt8+i2pkUym9P1JY4JGoeZJLzzxWBhprHDdItM=",
+        "owner": "adisbladis",
+        "repo": "nix-unit",
+        "rev": "a9d6f33e50d4dcd9cfc0c92253340437bbae282b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "adisbladis",
+        "repo": "nix-unit",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1686501370,
@@ -111,6 +157,7 @@
         "devshell": "devshell",
         "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
         "flake-parts": "flake-parts",
+        "nix-unit": "nix-unit",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "pre-commit-hooks": "pre-commit-hooks"
       }
@@ -129,6 +176,27 @@
         "repo": "default",
         "type": "github"
       }
+    },
+    "treefmt-nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nix-unit",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1689620039,
+        "narHash": "sha256-BtNwghr05z7k5YMdq+6nbue+nEalvDepuA7qdQMAKoQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "treefmt-nix",
+        "rev": "719c2977f958c41fa60a928e2fbc50af14844114",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "treefmt-nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
     }
   },
   "root": "root",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index fdd2760d..e518b7fd 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
     pre-commit-hooks.url = "github:cachix/pre-commit-hooks.nix";
     pre-commit-hooks.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
 
+    nix-unit.url = "github:adisbladis/nix-unit";
+    nix-unit.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    nix-unit.inputs.flake-parts.follows = "flake-parts";
+
     devshell = {
       url = "github:numtide/devshell";
       flake = false;
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@
       config,
       pkgs,
       system,
+      inputs',
       ...
     }: {
       apps = {
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@
           packages = [
             pkgs.alejandra
             pkgs.mdbook
+            inputs'.nix-unit.packages.nix-unit
             (pkgs.python3.withPackages (ps: [
               pkgs.python3.pkgs.black
             ]))
diff --git a/modules/flake-parts/checks.nix-unit.nix b/modules/flake-parts/checks.nix-unit.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7b43e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/flake-parts/checks.nix-unit.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# evaluate packages from `/**/modules/drvs` and export them via `flake.packages`
+{self, ...}: {
+  perSystem = {
+    pkgs,
+    inputs',
+    ...
+  }: {
+    # map all modules in /examples to a package output in the flake.
+    checks.nix-unit = pkgs.runCommand "nix-unit-tests" {} ''
+      export NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=${pkgs.path}
+      ${inputs'.nix-unit.packages.nix-unit}/bin/nix-unit \
+        ${self}/tests/nix-unit/* \
+        --eval-store $(realpath .)
+      touch $out
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/nix-unit/test_pip_pyproject/default.nix b/tests/nix-unit/test_pip_pyproject/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b91e145f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nix-unit/test_pip_pyproject/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{
+  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {},
+  lib ? import <nixpkgs/lib>,
+  dream2nix ? (import (../../../modules + "/flake.nix")).outputs {},
+}: let
+  eval = module:
+    lib.evalModules {
+      modules = [module];
+      specialArgs = {
+        inherit dream2nix;
+        packageSets.nixpkgs = pkgs;
+      };
+    };
+in {
+  # test if dependencies are flattened
+  test_pip_flattened_dependencies = let
+    evaled = eval {
+      imports = [
+        dream2nix.modules.drv-parts.pip
+      ];
+      name = "test";
+      lock.content = lib.mkForce {
+        fetchPipMetadata.targets.default.flask = [];
+        fetchPipMetadata.targets.default.requests = [];
+      };
+      pip.flattenDependencies = true;
+    };
+    config = evaled.config;
+  in {
+    expr = config.pip.rootDependencies;
+    expected = {
+      flask = true;
+      requests = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+  # test if dependencies are ignored successfully in pip.rootDependencies
+  test_pip_ignore_dependencies = let
+    evaled = eval {
+      imports = [
+        dream2nix.modules.drv-parts.pip
+      ];
+      name = "test";
+      pip.ignoredDependencies = ["requests"];
+      lock.content = lib.mkForce {
+        fetchPipMetadata.targets.default.test = ["requests"];
+        fetchPipMetadata.targets.default.requests = [];
+      };
+    };
+    config = evaled.config;
+  in {
+    expr = config.pip.targets.default ? requests;
+    expected = false;
+  };
+
+  # test if root dependency is picked correctly
+  test_pip_root_dependency = let
+    evaled = eval {
+      imports = [
+        dream2nix.modules.drv-parts.pip
+      ];
+      name = "test";
+      lock.content = lib.mkForce {
+        fetchPipMetadata.targets.default.test = ["requests"];
+        fetchPipMetadata.targets.default.requests = [];
+      };
+    };
+    config = evaled.config;
+  in {
+    expr = config.pip.rootDependencies;
+    expected = {
+      requests = true;
+    };
+  };
+}