--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use FindBin;
+use lib $FindBin::RealBin;
+
+use testload;
+
+use HTML::CalendarMonth::DateTool;
+
+my($test_count, $detected);
+BEGIN {
+ $test_count = bulk_count() + 1;
+ eval { $detected = HTML::CalendarMonth::DateTool->new };
+}
+
+use Test::More tests => $test_count;
+
+ok($detected, 'auto-detected a datetool');
+
+SKIP: {
+ skip("no datetools installed", $test_count - 1) unless $detected;
+ check_bulk_with_datetool();
+}