diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Outdated.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Outdated.hs
index 091bc38066f..aa1320ee407 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Outdated.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Outdated.hs
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ outdated verbosity0 outdatedFlags repoContext comp platform = do
           else if newFreezeFile
                then depsFromNewFreezeFile verbosity
                else depsFromPkgDesc       verbosity comp platform
+  debug verbosity $ "Dependencies loaded: "
+    ++ (intercalate ", " $ map display deps)
   let outdatedDeps = listOutdated deps pkgIndex ignore minor
   when (not quiet) $
     showResult verbosity outdatedDeps simpleOutput
diff --git a/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/outdated.sh b/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/outdated.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d05bb9535b..00000000000
--- a/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/outdated.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-. ./common.sh
-
-OUTPUT=`cabal outdated`
-
-echo $OUTPUT | grep base || die "should have listed 'base' as outdated"
-echo $OUTPUT | grep template-haskell \
-    || die "should have listed 'template-haskell' as outdated"
-
-OUTPUT=`cabal outdated --ignore=base`
-echo $OUTPUT | grep -v base || die "shouldn't have listed 'base' as outdated"
-echo $OUTPUT | grep template-haskell \
-    || die "should have listed 'template-haskell' as outdated"
-
-OUTPUT=`cabal outdated --ignore=base,template-haskell`
-echo $OUTPUT | grep -v base || die "shouldn't have listed 'base' as outdated"
-echo $OUTPUT | grep -v template-haskell \
-    || die "shouldn't have listed 'template-haskell' as outdated"
-
-OUTPUT=`cabal outdated --minor=base`
-echo $OUTPUT | grep -v base || die "shouldn't have listed 'base' as outdated"
-echo $OUTPUT | grep template-haskell \
-    || die "should have listed 'template-haskell' as outdated"
-
-OUTPUT=`cabal outdated --minor=base,template-haskell`
-echo $OUTPUT | grep -v base || die "shouldn't have listed 'base' as outdated"
-echo $OUTPUT | grep -v template-haskell \
-    || die "shouldn't have listed 'template-haskell' as outdated"
diff --git a/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/outdated_freeze.sh b/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/outdated_freeze.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 48ef9eb6019..00000000000
--- a/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/outdated_freeze.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-. ./common.sh
-
-OUTPUT=`cabal outdated --freeze-file`
-
-echo $OUTPUT | grep base || die "should have listed 'base' as outdated"
-echo $OUTPUT | grep template-haskell \
-    || die "should have listed 'base' as outdated"
-
-cabal outdated --freeze-file --ignore=base | grep -v base \
-    || die "shouldn't have listed 'base' as outdated"
-cabal outdated --freeze-file --minor=base  | grep -v base \
-    || die "shouldn't have listed 'base' as outdated"
-
-cabal outdated --freeze-file --ignore=template-haskell \
-    | grep -v template-haskell \
-    || die "shouldn't have listed template-haskell as outdated"
-cabal outdated --freeze-file --minor=template-haskell | grep template-haskell \
-    || die "should have listed template-haskell as outdated"
diff --git a/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/outdated_new_freeze.sh b/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/outdated_new_freeze.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 00e4018d33f..00000000000
--- a/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/outdated_new_freeze.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-. ./common.sh
-
-OUTPUT=`cabal outdated --new-freeze-file`
-
-echo $OUTPUT | grep base || die "should have listed 'base' as outdated"
-echo $OUTPUT | grep template-haskell \
-    || die "should have listed 'base' as outdated"
-
-cabal outdated --new-freeze-file --ignore=base | grep -v base \
-    || die "shouldn't have listed 'base' as outdated"
-cabal outdated --new-freeze-file --minor=base  | grep -v base \
-    || die "shouldn't have listed 'base' as outdated"
-
-cabal outdated --new-freeze-file --ignore=template-haskell \
-    | grep -v template-haskell \
-    || die "shouldn't have listed template-haskell as outdated"
-cabal outdated --new-freeze-file --minor=template-haskell \
-    | grep template-haskell \
-    || die "should have listed template-haskell as outdated"
diff --git a/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/cabal.project b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/cabal.project
similarity index 100%
rename from cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/cabal.project
rename to cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/cabal.project
diff --git a/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/cabal.project.freeze b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/cabal.project.freeze
similarity index 100%
rename from cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/cabal.project.freeze
rename to cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/cabal.project.freeze
diff --git a/cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/my.cabal b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/my.cabal
similarity index 100%
rename from cabal-install/tests/IntegrationTests/outdated/my.cabal
rename to cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/my.cabal
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/outdated.test.hs b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/outdated.test.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20ed2398980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/outdated.test.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import Test.Cabal.Prelude
+main = cabalTest $ withRepo "repo" $ do
+  cabal' "outdated" [] >>=
+    (\out -> do
+        assertOutputContains "base" out
+        assertOutputContains "template-haskell" out)
+
+  cabal' "outdated" ["--ignore=base"] >>=
+    (\out -> do
+        assertOutputDoesNotContain "base" out
+        assertOutputContains "template-haskell" out)
+
+  cabal' "outdated" ["--ignore=base,template-haskell"] >>=
+    (\out -> do
+        assertOutputDoesNotContain "base" out
+        assertOutputDoesNotContain "template-haskell" out)
+
+  cabal' "outdated" ["--minor=base"] >>=
+    (\out -> do
+        assertOutputDoesNotContain "base" out
+        assertOutputContains "template-haskell" out)
+
+  cabal' "outdated" ["--minor=base,template-haskell"] >>=
+    (\out -> do
+        assertOutputDoesNotContain "base" out
+        assertOutputDoesNotContain "template-haskell" out)
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/outdated_freeze.test.hs b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/outdated_freeze.test.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a4bfafa30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/outdated_freeze.test.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import Test.Cabal.Prelude
+main = cabalTest $ withRepo "repo"
+       $ forM_ ["--new-freeze-file", "--freeze-file"] $ \arg -> do
+
+  cabal' "outdated" [arg] >>=
+    (\out -> do
+        assertOutputContains "base" out
+        assertOutputContains "template-haskell" out)
+
+  cabal' "outdated" [arg, "--ignore=base,template-haskell"] >>=
+    (\out -> do
+        assertOutputDoesNotContain "base" out
+        assertOutputDoesNotContain "template-haskell" out)
+
+  cabal' "outdated" [arg, "--minor=base,template-haskell"] >>=
+    (\out -> do
+        assertOutputDoesNotContain "base" out
+        assertOutputContains "template-haskell" out)
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/base-3.0.3.1/base.cabal b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/base-3.0.3.1/base.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c7fb7a3000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/base-3.0.3.1/base.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+name:           base
+version:        3.0.3.1
+license:        BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+maintainer:     libraries@haskell.org
+synopsis:       Basic libraries (backwards-compatibility version)
+description:
+    This is a backwards-compatible version of the base package.
+    It depends on a later version of base, and was probably supplied
+    with your compiler when it was installed.
+
+cabal-version:  >=1.2
+build-type: Simple
+
+Library {
+    build-depends: base       >= 4.0 && < 4.2,
+                   syb        >= 0.1 && < 0.2
+    extensions: PackageImports
+
+    if impl(ghc < 6.9) {
+        buildable: False
+    }
+
+    if impl(ghc) {
+        exposed-modules:
+            Data.Generics,
+            Data.Generics.Aliases,
+            Data.Generics.Basics,
+            Data.Generics.Instances,
+            Data.Generics.Schemes,
+            Data.Generics.Text,
+            Data.Generics.Twins,
+            Foreign.Concurrent,
+            GHC.Arr,
+            GHC.Base,
+            GHC.Conc,
+            GHC.ConsoleHandler,
+            GHC.Desugar,
+            GHC.Dotnet,
+            GHC.Enum,
+            GHC.Environment,
+            GHC.Err,
+            GHC.Exception,
+            GHC.Exts,
+            GHC.Float,
+            GHC.ForeignPtr,
+            GHC.Handle,
+            GHC.IO,
+            GHC.IOBase,
+            GHC.Int,
+            GHC.List,
+            GHC.Num,
+            GHC.PArr,
+            GHC.Pack,
+            GHC.Ptr,
+            GHC.Read,
+            GHC.Real,
+            GHC.ST,
+            GHC.STRef,
+            GHC.Show,
+            GHC.Stable,
+            GHC.Storable,
+            GHC.TopHandler,
+            GHC.Unicode,
+            GHC.Weak,
+            GHC.Word,
+            System.Timeout
+    }
+    exposed-modules:
+        Control.Applicative,
+        Control.Arrow,
+        Control.Category,
+        Control.Concurrent,
+        Control.Concurrent.Chan,
+        Control.Concurrent.MVar,
+        Control.Concurrent.QSem,
+        Control.Concurrent.QSemN,
+        Control.Concurrent.SampleVar,
+        Control.Exception,
+        Control.Monad,
+        Control.Monad.Fix,
+        Control.Monad.Instances,
+        Control.Monad.ST,
+        Control.Monad.ST.Lazy,
+        Control.Monad.ST.Strict,
+        Data.Bits,
+        Data.Bool,
+        Data.Char,
+        Data.Complex,
+        Data.Dynamic,
+        Data.Either,
+        Data.Eq,
+        Data.Fixed,
+        Data.Foldable
+        Data.Function,
+        Data.HashTable,
+        Data.IORef,
+        Data.Int,
+        Data.Ix,
+        Data.List,
+        Data.Maybe,
+        Data.Monoid,
+        Data.Ord,
+        Data.Ratio,
+        Data.STRef,
+        Data.STRef.Lazy,
+        Data.STRef.Strict,
+        Data.String,
+        Data.Traversable
+        Data.Tuple,
+        Data.Typeable,
+        Data.Unique,
+        Data.Version,
+        Data.Word,
+        Debug.Trace,
+        Foreign,
+        Foreign.C,
+        Foreign.C.Error,
+        Foreign.C.String,
+        Foreign.C.Types,
+        Foreign.ForeignPtr,
+        Foreign.Marshal,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Alloc,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Array,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Error,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Pool,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Utils,
+        Foreign.Ptr,
+        Foreign.StablePtr,
+        Foreign.Storable,
+        Numeric,
+        Prelude,
+        System.Console.GetOpt,
+        System.CPUTime,
+        System.Environment,
+        System.Exit,
+        System.IO,
+        System.IO.Error,
+        System.IO.Unsafe,
+        System.Info,
+        System.Mem,
+        System.Mem.StableName,
+        System.Mem.Weak,
+        System.Posix.Internals,
+        System.Posix.Types,
+        Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP,
+        Text.ParserCombinators.ReadPrec,
+        Text.Printf,
+        Text.Read,
+        Text.Read.Lex,
+        Text.Show,
+        Text.Show.Functions
+        Unsafe.Coerce
+}
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/base-3.0.3.2/base.cabal b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/base-3.0.3.2/base.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1edd58ea0ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/base-3.0.3.2/base.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+name:           base
+version:        3.0.3.2
+license:        BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+maintainer:     libraries@haskell.org
+bug-reports: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/newticket?component=libraries/base
+synopsis:       Basic libraries (backwards-compatibility version)
+description:
+    This is a backwards-compatible version of the base package.
+    It depends on a later version of base, and was probably supplied
+    with your compiler when it was installed.
+
+cabal-version:  >=1.6
+build-type: Simple
+
+source-repository head
+    type:     darcs
+    location: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/base3-compat
+
+Library {
+    build-depends: base       >= 4.0 && < 4.3,
+                   syb        >= 0.1 && < 0.2
+    extensions: PackageImports,CPP
+    ghc-options: -fno-warn-deprecations
+
+    if impl(ghc < 6.9) {
+        buildable: False
+    }
+
+    if impl(ghc) {
+        exposed-modules:
+            Data.Generics,
+            Data.Generics.Aliases,
+            Data.Generics.Basics,
+            Data.Generics.Instances,
+            Data.Generics.Schemes,
+            Data.Generics.Text,
+            Data.Generics.Twins,
+            Foreign.Concurrent,
+            GHC.Arr,
+            GHC.Base,
+            GHC.Conc,
+            GHC.ConsoleHandler,
+            GHC.Desugar,
+            GHC.Dotnet,
+            GHC.Enum,
+            GHC.Environment,
+            GHC.Err,
+            GHC.Exception,
+            GHC.Exts,
+            GHC.Float,
+            GHC.ForeignPtr,
+            GHC.Handle,
+            GHC.IO,
+            GHC.IOBase,
+            GHC.Int,
+            GHC.List,
+            GHC.Num,
+            GHC.PArr,
+            GHC.Pack,
+            GHC.Ptr,
+            GHC.Read,
+            GHC.Real,
+            GHC.ST,
+            GHC.STRef,
+            GHC.Show,
+            GHC.Stable,
+            GHC.Storable,
+            GHC.TopHandler,
+            GHC.Unicode,
+            GHC.Weak,
+            GHC.Word,
+            System.Timeout
+    }
+    exposed-modules:
+        Control.Applicative,
+        Control.Arrow,
+        Control.Category,
+        Control.Concurrent,
+        Control.Concurrent.Chan,
+        Control.Concurrent.MVar,
+        Control.Concurrent.QSem,
+        Control.Concurrent.QSemN,
+        Control.Concurrent.SampleVar,
+        Control.Exception,
+        Control.Monad,
+        Control.Monad.Fix,
+        Control.Monad.Instances,
+        Control.Monad.ST,
+        Control.Monad.ST.Lazy,
+        Control.Monad.ST.Strict,
+        Data.Bits,
+        Data.Bool,
+        Data.Char,
+        Data.Complex,
+        Data.Dynamic,
+        Data.Either,
+        Data.Eq,
+        Data.Fixed,
+        Data.Foldable
+        Data.Function,
+        Data.HashTable,
+        Data.IORef,
+        Data.Int,
+        Data.Ix,
+        Data.List,
+        Data.Maybe,
+        Data.Monoid,
+        Data.Ord,
+        Data.Ratio,
+        Data.STRef,
+        Data.STRef.Lazy,
+        Data.STRef.Strict,
+        Data.String,
+        Data.Traversable
+        Data.Tuple,
+        Data.Typeable,
+        Data.Unique,
+        Data.Version,
+        Data.Word,
+        Debug.Trace,
+        Foreign,
+        Foreign.C,
+        Foreign.C.Error,
+        Foreign.C.String,
+        Foreign.C.Types,
+        Foreign.ForeignPtr,
+        Foreign.Marshal,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Alloc,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Array,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Error,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Pool,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Utils,
+        Foreign.Ptr,
+        Foreign.StablePtr,
+        Foreign.Storable,
+        Numeric,
+        Prelude,
+        System.Console.GetOpt,
+        System.CPUTime,
+        System.Environment,
+        System.Exit,
+        System.IO,
+        System.IO.Error,
+        System.IO.Unsafe,
+        System.Info,
+        System.Mem,
+        System.Mem.StableName,
+        System.Mem.Weak,
+        System.Posix.Internals,
+        System.Posix.Types,
+        Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP,
+        Text.ParserCombinators.ReadPrec,
+        Text.Printf,
+        Text.Read,
+        Text.Read.Lex,
+        Text.Show,
+        Text.Show.Functions
+        Unsafe.Coerce
+}
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/base-4.0.0.0/base.cabal b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/base-4.0.0.0/base.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1aa83333731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/base-4.0.0.0/base.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+name:           base
+version:        4.0.0.0
+license:        BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+maintainer:     libraries@haskell.org
+synopsis:       Basic libraries
+description:
+    This package contains the Prelude and its support libraries,
+    and a large collection of useful libraries ranging from data
+    structures to parsing combinators and debugging utilities.
+cabal-version: >= 1.2.3
+build-type: Configure
+extra-tmp-files:
+                config.log config.status autom4te.cache
+                include/HsBaseConfig.h
+extra-source-files:
+                config.guess config.sub install-sh
+                aclocal.m4 configure.ac configure
+                include/CTypes.h
+
+Library {
+    if impl(ghc) {
+        build-depends: rts, ghc-prim, integer
+        exposed-modules:
+            Foreign.Concurrent,
+            GHC.Arr,
+            GHC.Base,
+            GHC.Classes,
+            GHC.Conc,
+            GHC.ConsoleHandler,
+            GHC.Desugar,
+            GHC.Enum,
+            GHC.Environment,
+            GHC.Err,
+            GHC.Exception,
+            GHC.Exts,
+            GHC.Float,
+            GHC.ForeignPtr,
+            GHC.Handle,
+            GHC.IO,
+            GHC.IOBase,
+            GHC.Int,
+            GHC.List,
+            GHC.Num,
+            GHC.PArr,
+            GHC.Pack,
+            GHC.Ptr,
+            GHC.Read,
+            GHC.Real,
+            GHC.ST,
+            GHC.STRef,
+            GHC.Show,
+            GHC.Stable,
+            GHC.Storable,
+            GHC.TopHandler,
+            GHC.Unicode,
+            GHC.Weak,
+            GHC.Word,
+            System.Timeout
+        extensions: MagicHash, ExistentialQuantification, Rank2Types,
+                    ScopedTypeVariables, UnboxedTuples,
+                    ForeignFunctionInterface, UnliftedFFITypes,
+                    DeriveDataTypeable, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving,
+                    FlexibleInstances, PatternSignatures, StandaloneDeriving,
+                    PatternGuards, EmptyDataDecls
+    }
+    exposed-modules:
+        Control.Applicative,
+        Control.Arrow,
+        Control.Category,
+        Control.Concurrent,
+        Control.Concurrent.Chan,
+        Control.Concurrent.MVar,
+        Control.Concurrent.QSem,
+        Control.Concurrent.QSemN,
+        Control.Concurrent.SampleVar,
+        Control.Exception,
+        Control.Exception.Base
+        Control.OldException,
+        Control.Monad,
+        Control.Monad.Fix,
+        Control.Monad.Instances,
+        Control.Monad.ST
+        Control.Monad.ST.Lazy
+        Control.Monad.ST.Strict
+        Data.Bits,
+        Data.Bool,
+        Data.Char,
+        Data.Complex,
+        Data.Dynamic,
+        Data.Either,
+        Data.Eq,
+        Data.Data,
+        Data.Fixed,
+        Data.Foldable
+        Data.Function,
+        Data.HashTable,
+        Data.IORef,
+        Data.Int,
+        Data.Ix,
+        Data.List,
+        Data.Maybe,
+        Data.Monoid,
+        Data.Ord,
+        Data.Ratio,
+        Data.STRef
+        Data.STRef.Lazy
+        Data.STRef.Strict
+        Data.String,
+        Data.Traversable
+        Data.Tuple,
+        Data.Typeable,
+        Data.Unique,
+        Data.Version,
+        Data.Word,
+        Debug.Trace,
+        Foreign,
+        Foreign.C,
+        Foreign.C.Error,
+        Foreign.C.String,
+        Foreign.C.Types,
+        Foreign.ForeignPtr,
+        Foreign.Marshal,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Alloc,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Array,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Error,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Pool,
+        Foreign.Marshal.Utils,
+        Foreign.Ptr,
+        Foreign.StablePtr,
+        Foreign.Storable,
+        Numeric,
+        Prelude,
+        System.Console.GetOpt
+        System.CPUTime,
+        System.Environment,
+        System.Exit,
+        System.IO,
+        System.IO.Error,
+        System.IO.Unsafe,
+        System.Info,
+        System.Mem,
+        System.Mem.StableName,
+        System.Mem.Weak,
+        System.Posix.Internals,
+        System.Posix.Types,
+        Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP,
+        Text.ParserCombinators.ReadPrec,
+        Text.Printf,
+        Text.Read,
+        Text.Read.Lex,
+        Text.Show,
+        Text.Show.Functions
+        Unsafe.Coerce
+    c-sources:
+        cbits/PrelIOUtils.c
+        cbits/WCsubst.c
+        cbits/Win32Utils.c
+        cbits/consUtils.c
+        cbits/dirUtils.c
+        cbits/inputReady.c
+        cbits/selectUtils.c
+    include-dirs: include
+    includes:    HsBase.h
+    install-includes:    HsBase.h HsBaseConfig.h WCsubst.h dirUtils.h consUtils.h Typeable.h
+    if os(windows) {
+        extra-libraries: wsock32, msvcrt, kernel32, user32, shell32
+    }
+    extensions: CPP
+    -- We need to set the package name to base (without a version number)
+    -- as it's magic.
+    ghc-options: -package-name base
+    nhc98-options: -H4M -K3M
+}
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/template-haskell-2.3.0.0/template-haskell.cabal b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/template-haskell-2.3.0.0/template-haskell.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..064cb9d51bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/template-haskell-2.3.0.0/template-haskell.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name:       template-haskell
+version:    2.3.0.0
+x-revision: 1
+license:    BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+maintainer: libraries@haskell.org
+description:
+    Facilities for manipulating Haskell source code using Template Haskell.
+build-type: Simple
+build-depends: base<4.3, pretty, packedstring, containers
+exposed-modules:
+    Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax,
+    Language.Haskell.TH.PprLib,
+    Language.Haskell.TH.Ppr,
+    Language.Haskell.TH.Lib,
+    Language.Haskell.TH.Quote,
+    Language.Haskell.TH
+extensions: MagicHash, PatternGuards, PolymorphicComponents,
+            DeriveDataTypeable, TypeSynonymInstances
+-- We need to set the package name to template-haskell (without a
+-- version number) as it's magic.
+ghc-options: -package-name template-haskell
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/template-haskell-2.3.0.1/template-haskell.cabal b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/template-haskell-2.3.0.1/template-haskell.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fbe6b269ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/template-haskell-2.3.0.1/template-haskell.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name:       template-haskell
+version:    2.3.0.1
+x-revision: 1
+license:    BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+maintainer: libraries@haskell.org
+description:
+    Facilities for manipulating Haskell source code using Template Haskell.
+build-type: Simple
+build-depends: base <4.3, pretty, packedstring, containers
+exposed-modules:
+    Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax,
+    Language.Haskell.TH.PprLib,
+    Language.Haskell.TH.Ppr,
+    Language.Haskell.TH.Lib,
+    Language.Haskell.TH.Quote,
+    Language.Haskell.TH
+extensions: MagicHash, PatternGuards, PolymorphicComponents,
+            DeriveDataTypeable, TypeSynonymInstances
+-- We need to set the package name to template-haskell (without a
+-- version number) as it's magic.
+ghc-options: -package-name template-haskell
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/template-haskell-2.4.0.0/template-haskell.cabal b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/template-haskell-2.4.0.0/template-haskell.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c5ee3cf3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/PackageTests/Outdated/repo/template-haskell-2.4.0.0/template-haskell.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name:       template-haskell
+version:    2.4.0.0
+x-revision: 1
+license:    BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+maintainer: libraries@haskell.org
+bug-reports: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/newticket?component=Template%20Haskell
+description:
+    Facilities for manipulating Haskell source code using Template Haskell.
+build-type: Simple
+Cabal-Version: >= 1.6
+
+Library
+    build-depends: base >= 3 && < 4.3,
+                   pretty, containers
+    exposed-modules:
+        Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax.Internals
+        Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax
+        Language.Haskell.TH.PprLib
+        Language.Haskell.TH.Ppr
+        Language.Haskell.TH.Lib
+        Language.Haskell.TH.Quote
+        Language.Haskell.TH
+    extensions: MagicHash, PatternGuards, PolymorphicComponents,
+                DeriveDataTypeable, TypeSynonymInstances
+    -- We need to set the package name to template-haskell (without a
+    -- version number) as it's magic.
+    ghc-options: -package-name template-haskell
+
+source-repository head
+    type:     darcs
+    location: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/template-haskell/
diff --git a/cabal-testsuite/Test/Cabal/Prelude.hs b/cabal-testsuite/Test/Cabal/Prelude.hs
index 2bb5dfe042d..e623f4a5190 100644
--- a/cabal-testsuite/Test/Cabal/Prelude.hs
+++ b/cabal-testsuite/Test/Cabal/Prelude.hs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ cabal' cmd args = do
           -- Sandboxes manage dist dir
           | testHaveSandbox env
           = [ ]
-          | cmd == "update"
+          | cmd == "update" || cmd == "outdated"
           = [ ]
           -- new-build commands are affected by testCabalProjectFile
           | "new-" `isPrefixOf` cmd