diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9e59230..8bd7e59 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 dist
 dkimpy_milter.egg-info
 *.pyc
+*~
diff --git a/dkimpy_milter/__init__.py b/dkimpy_milter/__init__.py
index 3791748..5345fc7 100644
--- a/dkimpy_milter/__init__.py
+++ b/dkimpy_milter/__init__.py
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ class dkimMilter(Milter.Base):
         self.external_connection = False
         self.hello_name = None
         # sometimes people put extra space in sendmail config, so we strip
-        self.receiver = self.getsymval('j').strip()
+        self.receiver = self.getsymval('j')
+        if self.receiver is not None:
+            self.receiver = self.receiver.strip()
         try:
             self.AuthservID = milterconfig['AuthservID']
         except:
@@ -258,7 +260,12 @@ class dkimMilter(Milter.Base):
         for y in range(self.has_dkim):  # Verify _ALL_ the signatures
             d = dkim.DKIM(txt)
             try:
-                res = d.verify(idx=y)
+                dnsoverride = milterconfig.get('DNSOverride')
+                if isinstance(dnsoverride, str):
+                    syslog.syslog("DNSOverride: {0}".format(dnsoverride))
+                    res = d.verify(idx=y, dnsfunc=lambda _x: dnsoverride)
+                else:
+                    res = d.verify(idx=y)
                 if res:
                     if d.signature_fields.get(b'a') == 'ed25519-sha256':
                         self.dkim_comment = ('Good {0} signature'
diff --git a/dkimpy_milter/__main__.py b/dkimpy_milter/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c5cf9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dkimpy_milter/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python2
+
+from dkimpy_milter import main
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/dkimpy_milter/config.py b/dkimpy_milter/config.py
index 9f42af2..d562e97 100644
--- a/dkimpy_milter/config.py
+++ b/dkimpy_milter/config.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ defaultConfigData = {
     'DiagnosticDirectory': '',
     'MacroList': '',
     'MacroListVerify': '',
+    'DNSOverride': None,
     'debugLevel': 0  # Undocumented config item for developer use
     }
 
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ def _readConfigFile(path, configData=None, configGlobal={}):
         'DiagnosticDirectory': 'str',
         'MacroList': 'dataset',
         'MacroListVerify': 'dataset',
+        'DNSOverride': 'str',
         'debugLevel': 'int'
         }
 
@@ -388,7 +390,10 @@ def _readConfigFile(path, configData=None, configGlobal={}):
         if conversion == 'bool':
             configData[name] = _find_boolean(value)
         elif conversion == 'str':
-            configData[name] = str(value)
+            if isinstance(value, list):
+                configData[name] = line.split(None, 1)[1]
+            else:
+                configData[name] = str(value)
         elif conversion == 'int':
             configData[name] = int(value)
         elif conversion == 'dataset':
@@ -399,7 +404,7 @@ def _readConfigFile(path, configData=None, configGlobal={}):
             configData[name] = conversion(value)
     fp.close()
     try:
-        configData['AuthservID'] = _make_authserv_id(configData['AuthservID'])
+        configData['AuthservID'] = _make_authserv_id(configData.get('AuthservID', 'HOSTNAME'))
         configData['IntHosts'] = HostsDataset(configData['InternalHosts'])
     except:
         pass
diff --git a/dkimpy_milter/util.py b/dkimpy_milter/util.py
index 5d3f69d..17857d6 100644
--- a/dkimpy_milter/util.py
+++ b/dkimpy_milter/util.py
@@ -150,10 +150,18 @@ def own_socketfile(milterconfig):
     """If socket is Unix socket, chown to UserID before dropping privileges"""
     import os
     user, group = user_group(milterconfig.get('UserID'))
-    if milterconfig.get('Socket')[:1] == '/':
-        os.chown(milterconfig.get('Socket')[1:], user, group)
-    if milterconfig.get('Socket')[:6] == "local:":
-        os.chown(milterconfig.get('Socket')[6:], user, group)
+    offset = None
+    sockname = milterconfig.get('Socket')
+    if sockname[:1] == '/':
+        offset = 0
+    elif sockname[:6] == "local:":
+        offset = 6
+    elif sockname[:5] == "unix:":
+        offset = 5
+
+    if offset is not None:
+        if os.path.exists(sockname[offset:]):
+            os.chown(sockname[offset:], user, group)
 
 
 def read_keyfile(milterconfig, keytype):
diff --git a/man/dkimpy-milter.conf.5 b/man/dkimpy-milter.conf.5
index 3dd7612..a7e5d31 100644
--- a/man/dkimpy-milter.conf.5
+++ b/man/dkimpy-milter.conf.5
@@ -311,6 +311,13 @@ be set:
 (b) KeyTable, SigningTable, no Domain, no KeyFile, no Selector;
 [fooTable options NOT IMPLEMENTED]
 
+.TP 
+.I DNSOverride (string)
+Provide a text string that a verifying milter should use instead of
+consulting the DNS on each message.  This is useful primarily for
+testing purposes in environments where it is awkward to modify the
+system DNS resolution.  It should not be used in production.
+
 .TP
 .I PeerList (dataset)
 Identifies a set of "peers" that identifies clients whose connections
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f3c9f26..c117221 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ description = "Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM) signing/verifying milter for P
 
 kw = {}  # Work-around for lack of 'or' requires in setuptools.
 try:
-    import DNS
-    kw['install_requires'] = ['dkimpy>=0.7', 'pymilter', 'authres>=1.1.0', 'PyNaCl', 'ipaddress', 'PyDNS']
-except ImportError:  # If PyDNS is not installed, prefer dnspython
+    import dns
     kw['install_requires'] = ['dkimpy>=0.7', 'pymilter', 'authres>=1.1.0', 'PyNaCl', 'ipaddress', 'dnspython']
+except ImportError:  # If PyDNS is not installed, prefer dnspython
+    kw['install_requires'] = ['dkimpy>=0.7', 'pymilter', 'authres>=1.1.0', 'PyNaCl', 'ipaddress', 'PyDNS']
 
 setup(
     name='dkimpy-milter',
diff --git a/tests/00_minimal.miltertest b/tests/00_minimal.miltertest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbe0849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/00_minimal.miltertest
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-- -*- lua -*-
+for _, keytype in ipairs({"ed25519", "rsa"}) do
+   for _, func in ipairs({"signing", "verify"}) do
+      mt.echo("testing "..keytype.." "..func)
+      conn = mt.connect("unix:"..keytype.."."..func..".sock")
+      if conn == nil then
+         error("mt.connect() failed "..keytype.." "..func)
+      end
+      mt.disconnect(conn)
+      mt.echo(keytype.." "..func.." complete")
+   end
+end
diff --git a/tests/01_connect.miltertest b/tests/01_connect.miltertest
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2f43eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/01_connect.miltertest
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+-- -*- lua -*-
+for _, keytype in ipairs({"ed25519", "rsa"}) do
+   for _, func in ipairs({"signing", "verify"}) do
+      mt.echo("testing "..keytype.." "..func)
+      conn = mt.connect("unix:"..keytype.."."..func..".sock")
+      if conn == nil then
+         error("mt.connect() failed "..keytype.." "..func)
+      end
+      if mt.conninfo(conn, "localhost", "127.0.0.1") ~= nil then
+         error("mt.conninfo() failed "..keytype.." "..func)
+      end
+      if mt.getreply(conn) ~= SMFIR_CONTINUE then
+         error("mt.conninfo() unexpected reply "..keytype.." "..func)
+      end
+
+      if mt.test_action(conn, SMFIF_ADDHDRS) then
+         print("could add headers "..keytype.." "..func)
+      else
+         error("mt.test_action() says could not add headers "..keytype.." "..func)
+      end
+
+      if mt.test_action(conn, SMFIF_CHGHDRS) then
+         print("could change headers "..keytype.." "..func)
+      else
+         error("mt.test_action() says could not change headers "..keytype.." "..func)
+      end
+
+-- -- FIXME: this part of the test fails, as apparently the
+-- -- dkimpy-milter claims the right to change the body of a message,
+-- -- even though it shouldn't.  How can we fix the negotiation?
+--      if mt.test_action(conn, SMFIF_CHGBODY) then
+--         error("mt.test_action() says could change body "..keytype.." "..func)
+--      else
+--         print("could not change body "..keytype.." "..func)
+--      end
+
+      mt.disconnect(conn)
+      mt.echo(keytype.." "..func.." test complete")
+   end
+end
diff --git a/tests/02_sign_message.miltertest b/tests/02_sign_message.miltertest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb5e7ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/02_sign_message.miltertest
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+-- -*- lua -*-
+
+msg = {
+   ['headers'] = {
+      ['From'] = 'Alice <alice@example.net>',
+      ['Message-Id'] = '<dkimpy-milter-test-02@example.net>',
+      ['To'] = 'Bob <bob@example.biz>',
+      ['Date'] = 'Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:32:50 -0500',
+      ['Subject'] = 'Signing test',
+      ['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain',
+   },
+   ['body'] = "This is a test!\r\n",
+}
+
+-- returns miltertest connection object
+function connect_and_send (sockname, headers, body)
+   conn = mt.connect(sockname)
+   if conn == nil then
+      error "mt.connect() failed"
+   end
+   if mt.conninfo(conn, "localhost", "127.0.0.1") ~= nil then
+      error "mt.conninfo() failed"
+   end
+   if mt.getreply(conn) ~= SMFIR_CONTINUE then
+      error "mt.conninfo() unexpected reply"
+   end
+
+   -- mt.macro(conn, SMFIC_MAIL, "i", "simple-message")
+   if mt.mailfrom(conn, "<alice@example.net>") ~= nil then
+      error "mt.mailfrom() failed"
+   end
+   if mt.getreply(conn) ~= SMFIR_CONTINUE then
+      error "mt.mailfrom() unexpected reply"
+   end
+   -- mt.rcptto() is called implicitly
+
+   -- send headers
+   for key,value in pairs(headers) do
+      if mt.header(conn, key, value) ~= nil then
+         error("mt.header(" .. key .. ") failed")
+      end
+      if mt.getreply(conn) ~= SMFIR_CONTINUE then
+         error("mt.header(" .. key .. ") unexpected reply")
+      end
+   end
+   -- send EOH
+   if mt.eoh(conn) ~= nil then
+      error "mt.eoh() failed"
+   end
+   if mt.getreply(conn) ~= SMFIR_CONTINUE then
+      error "mt.eoh() unexpected reply"
+   end
+
+   -- send body
+   if mt.bodystring(conn, body) ~= nil then
+      error "mt.bodystring() failed"
+   end
+   if mt.getreply(conn) ~= SMFIR_CONTINUE then
+      error "mt.bodystring() unexpected reply"
+   end
+   -- end of message; let the filter react
+   if mt.eom(conn) ~= nil then
+      error "mt.eom() failed"
+   end
+   reply = mt.getreply(conn)
+   if reply ~= SMFIR_CONTINUE then
+      error ("mt.eom() unexpected reply: " .. reply)
+   end
+   return conn
+end
+
+for _, keytype in ipairs({"ed25519", "rsa"}) do
+   mt.echo("testing "..keytype)
+   signing = connect_and_send("unix:"..keytype..".signing.sock", msg.headers, msg.body)
+   -- verify that a test header field got added
+   if not mt.eom_check(signing, MT_HDRINSERT) then
+      error "no header added by signer"
+   end
+
+   signature = mt.getheader(signing, "DKIM-Signature", 0)
+
+   mt.disconnect(signing)
+
+   mt.echo("DKIM-Signature: " .. signature)
+
+   msg.headers['DKIM-Signature'] = signature
+
+   verify = connect_and_send("unix:"..keytype..".verify.sock", msg.headers, msg.body)
+
+   if not mt.eom_check(verify, MT_HDRINSERT) then
+      error "no header added in verify"
+   end
+
+   authres = mt.getheader(verify, "Authentication-Results", 0)
+   mt.echo("Authentication-Results: "..authres)
+
+   mt.disconnect(verify)
+
+   mt.echo(keytype.." complete")
+end
diff --git a/tests/dkimpy-milter b/tests/dkimpy-milter
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..39b64d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dkimpy-milter
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+python2 -m dkimpy_milter "$@"
diff --git a/tests/runtests b/tests/runtests
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7878f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/runtests
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+TESTDIR=$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")
+DKIMPY_MILTER=${DKIMPY_MILTER:-"$TESTDIR/dkimpy-milter"}
+KEY_TYPES=(ed25519 rsa)
+
+cd "$WORKDIR"
+
+printf "Testing %s from directory %s\n" "$DKIMPY_MILTER" "$WORKDIR"
+
+for keytype in "${KEY_TYPES[@]}"; do
+    dknewkey --ktype "$keytype" "testkey.$keytype"
+    if [ "$keytype" = ed25519 ]; then
+        keyfile=KeyFileEd25519
+        selector=SelectorEd25519
+    else
+        keyfile=KeyFile
+        selector=Selector
+    fi
+    cat > "$keytype.signing.conf" <<EOF
+Domain example.net
+$keyfile testkey.$keytype.key
+$selector testkey
+Socket unix:$keytype.signing.sock
+PidFile $keytype.signing.pid
+Mode s
+UserID $(id --name --user):$(id --name --group)
+EOF
+
+    cat > "$keytype.verify.conf" <<EOF
+Socket unix:$keytype.verify.sock
+PidFile $keytype.verify.pid
+Mode v
+DNSOverride $(cat testkey.$keytype.dns)
+UserID $(id --name --user):$(id --name --group)
+EOF
+done
+
+cleanup() {
+    echo cleaning up jobs:
+    jobs
+    for keytype in "${KEY_TYPES[@]}"; do
+        for func in signing verify; do
+            if [ -s "$keytype.$func.pid" ] && kill -0 "$(cat "$keytype.$func.pid")"; then
+                kill "$(cat $keytype.$func.pid)"
+            fi
+        done
+    done
+    wait
+    for keytype in "${KEY_TYPES[@]}"; do
+        for func in signing verify; do
+            errdata="$keytype.$func.stderr"
+            if [ -s "$errdata" ]; then
+                printf -- "-> %s:\n" "$errdata"
+                cat "$errdata"
+                printf -- "-> end %s\n" "$errdata"
+            fi
+        done
+    done
+    rm -rf "$WORKDIR"
+}
+
+for keytype in "${KEY_TYPES[@]}"; do
+    for func in signing verify; do
+        PYTHONPATH="$(dirname "$TESTDIR")" "$DKIMPY_MILTER" "$keytype.$func.conf" 2>"$keytype.$func.stderr" &
+    done
+done
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# ugly ugly (how are we supposed to know that the milters are all ready?):
+sleep 2
+
+# uses miltertest from opendkim:
+for x in ${TESTS:-"$TESTDIR"/*.miltertest}; do
+    if ! [ -e "$x" ]; then
+        if [ -e "$TESTDIR/$x" ]; then
+            x="$TESTDIR/$x"
+        fi
+    fi
+    printf -- "-> running %s...\n" "$x"
+    miltertest -s "$x"
+done