diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_testing/MANIFEST.in b/src/python/grpcio_testing/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39b35652173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_testing/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include grpc_version.py
+recursive-include grpc_testing *.py
+global-exclude *.pyc
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_testing/README.rst b/src/python/grpcio_testing/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c699b80fb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_testing/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+gRPC Python Testing Package
+===========================
+
+Testing utilities for gRPC Python
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+Depends on the `grpcio` package, available from PyPI via `pip install grpcio`.
+
diff --git a/test/distrib/python/test_packages.sh b/test/distrib/python/test_packages.sh
index 6bf49d45b99..755daa10211 100755
--- a/test/distrib/python/test_packages.sh
+++ b/test/distrib/python/test_packages.sh
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ else
   echo "Testing Python source distribution"
   ARCHIVES=("$EXTERNAL_GIT_ROOT"/input_artifacts/grpcio-[0-9]*.tar.gz)
   TOOLS_ARCHIVES=("$EXTERNAL_GIT_ROOT"/input_artifacts/grpcio-tools-[0-9]*.tar.gz)
-  HEALTH_ARCHIVES=("$EXTERNAL_GIT_ROOT"/input_artifacts/grpcio-health-checking-[0-9]*.tar.gz)
-  REFLECTION_ARCHIVES=("$EXTERNAL_GIT_ROOT"/input_artifacts/grpcio-reflection-[0-9]*.tar.gz)
 fi
 
+HEALTH_ARCHIVES=("$EXTERNAL_GIT_ROOT"/input_artifacts/grpcio-health-checking-[0-9]*.tar.gz)
+REFLECTION_ARCHIVES=("$EXTERNAL_GIT_ROOT"/input_artifacts/grpcio-reflection-[0-9]*.tar.gz)
+TESTING_ARCHIVES=("$EXTERNAL_GIT_ROOT"/input_artifacts/grpcio-testing-[0-9]*.tar.gz)
+
 VIRTUAL_ENV=$(mktemp -d)
 virtualenv "$VIRTUAL_ENV"
 PYTHON=$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/python
@@ -53,13 +55,9 @@ function at_least_one_installs() {
 
 at_least_one_installs "${ARCHIVES[@]}"
 at_least_one_installs "${TOOLS_ARCHIVES[@]}"
-
-if [[ "$1" == "source" ]]
-then
-  echo "Testing Python health and reflection packages"
-  at_least_one_installs "${HEALTH_ARCHIVES[@]}"
-  at_least_one_installs "${REFLECTION_ARCHIVES[@]}"
-fi
+at_least_one_installs "${HEALTH_ARCHIVES[@]}"
+at_least_one_installs "${REFLECTION_ARCHIVES[@]}"
+at_least_one_installs "${TESTING_ARCHIVES[@]}"
 
 
 #
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_artifact_python.sh b/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_artifact_python.sh
index 846a4153962..2878005bb20 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_artifact_python.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_artifact_python.sh
@@ -99,12 +99,16 @@ then
   "${PIP}" install grpcio --no-index --find-links "file://$ARTIFACT_DIR/"
   "${PIP}" install grpcio-tools --no-index --find-links "file://$ARTIFACT_DIR/"
 
-  # Build gRPC health-checking source distribution
+  # Build grpcio_testing source distribution
+  ${SETARCH_CMD} "${PYTHON}" src/python/grpcio_testing/setup.py sdist
+  cp -r src/python/grpcio_testing/dist/* "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
+
+  # Build grpcio_health_checking source distribution
   ${SETARCH_CMD} "${PYTHON}" src/python/grpcio_health_checking/setup.py \
       preprocess build_package_protos sdist
   cp -r src/python/grpcio_health_checking/dist/* "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
 
-  # Build gRPC reflection source distribution
+  # Build grpcio_reflection source distribution
   ${SETARCH_CMD} "${PYTHON}" src/python/grpcio_reflection/setup.py \
       preprocess build_package_protos sdist
   cp -r src/python/grpcio_reflection/dist/* "$ARTIFACT_DIR"