diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php
index d07e633..cd12186 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php
@@ -248,15 +248,16 @@ protected function checkRequirements() {
    *   A list of requires annotations from either a method or class annotation.
    */
   protected function checkModuleRequirements(array $annotations) {
+    static::initFileCache();
+    // drupal_valid_ua() might not be loaded.
+    require_once $this->root . '/core/includes/bootstrap.inc';
     foreach ($annotations as $requirement) {
       if (strpos($requirement, 'module ') === 0) {
         $module = trim(str_replace('module ', '', $requirement));
         try {
-          static::initFileCache();
-          // drupal_valid_ua() might not be loaded.
-          require_once $this->root . '/core/includes/bootstrap.inc';
           $this->getExtensionsForModules([$module]);
-        } catch (\PHPUnit_Framework_Exception $e) {
+        }
+        catch (\PHPUnit_Framework_Exception $e) {
           throw new \PHPUnit_Framework_SkippedTestError("Module $module is required.");
         }
       }
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBaseTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBaseTest.php
index 77b81d8..3fc67cc 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBaseTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBaseTest.php
@@ -206,12 +206,31 @@ public function testRenderWithTheme() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * This method should be skipped since it requires a module that is not found.
-   *
-   * @requires module drupal_dne_module
+   * @covers ::checkRequirements
+   * @covers ::checkModuleRequirements
    */
   public function testRequiresModule() {
-    $this->fail('Running test with missing required module.');
+    require __DIR__ . '/../../fixtures/MissingDependentModuleMethodTest.php';
+    require __DIR__ . '/../../fixtures/MissingDependentModuleTest.php';
+
+    $test1 = new MissingDependentModuleMethodTest();
+    $test1->setName('testRequiresModule');
+    try {
+      $test1->checkRequirements();
+      $this->fail('Requirement on method not found.');
+    }
+    catch (\PHPUnit_Framework_SkippedTestError $e) {
+      $this->assertEquals('Module drupal_dne_module is required.', $e->getMessage());
+    }
+
+    $test2 = new MissingDependentModuleTest();
+    try {
+      $test2->checkRequirements();
+      $this->fail('Requirement on class not found.');
+    }
+    catch (\PHPUnit_Framework_SkippedTestError $e) {
+      $this->assertEquals('Module drupal_dne_module is required.', $e->getMessage());
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/tests/fixtures/MissingDependentModuleMethodTest.php b/core/tests/fixtures/MissingDependentModuleMethodTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e59af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/fixtures/MissingDependentModuleMethodTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\KernelTests;
+
+use Drupal\Component\FileCache\FileCacheFactory;
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
+use org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStream;
+use org\bovigo\vfs\visitor\vfsStreamStructureVisitor;
+
+class MissingDependentModuleMethodTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * This method should be skipped since it requires a module that is not found.
+   *
+   * @requires module drupal_dne_module
+   */
+  public function testRequiresModule() {
+    $this->fail('Running test with missing required module.');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/tests/fixtures/MissingDependentModuleTest.php b/core/tests/fixtures/MissingDependentModuleTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbd4051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/fixtures/MissingDependentModuleTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\KernelTests;
+
+/**
+ * @requires module drupal_dne_module
+ */
+class MissingDependentModuleTest extends KernelTestBase {}