diff --git a/test/functional/backends/netssh_transfer_tests.rb b/test/functional/backends/netssh_transfer_tests.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32562443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/backends/netssh_transfer_tests.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+require 'securerandom'
+
+module SSHKit
+  module Backend
+    module NetsshTransferTests
+      def setup
+        super
+        @output = String.new
+        SSHKit.config.output_verbosity = :debug
+        SSHKit.config.output = SSHKit::Formatter::SimpleText.new(@output)
+      end
+
+      def a_host
+        VagrantWrapper.hosts['one']
+      end
+
+      def test_upload_and_then_capture_file_contents
+        actual_file_contents = ""
+        file_name = File.join("/tmp", SecureRandom.uuid)
+        File.open file_name, 'w+' do |f|
+          f.write "Some Content\nWith a newline and trailing spaces    \n "
+        end
+        Netssh.new(a_host) do
+          upload!(file_name, file_name)
+          actual_file_contents = capture(:cat, file_name, strip: false)
+        end.run
+        assert_equal "Some Content\nWith a newline and trailing spaces    \n ", actual_file_contents
+      end
+
+      def test_upload_within
+        file_name = SecureRandom.uuid
+        file_contents = "Some Content"
+        dir_name = SecureRandom.uuid
+        actual_file_contents = ""
+        Netssh.new(a_host) do |_host|
+          within("/tmp") do
+            execute :mkdir, "-p", dir_name
+            within(dir_name) do
+              upload!(StringIO.new(file_contents), file_name)
+            end
+          end
+          actual_file_contents = capture(:cat, "/tmp/#{dir_name}/#{file_name}", strip: false)
+        end.run
+        assert_equal file_contents, actual_file_contents
+      end
+
+      def test_upload_string_io
+        file_contents = ""
+        Netssh.new(a_host) do |_host|
+          file_name = File.join("/tmp", SecureRandom.uuid)
+          upload!(StringIO.new('example_io'), file_name)
+          file_contents = download!(file_name)
+        end.run
+        assert_equal "example_io", file_contents
+      end
+
+      def test_upload_large_file
+        size      = 25
+        fills     = SecureRandom.random_bytes(1024*1024)
+        file_name = "/tmp/file-#{size}.txt"
+        File.open(file_name, 'wb') do |f|
+          (size).times {f.write(fills) }
+        end
+        file_contents = ""
+        Netssh.new(a_host) do
+          upload!(file_name, file_name)
+          file_contents = download!(file_name)
+        end.run
+        assert_equal File.open(file_name, 'rb').read, file_contents
+      end
+
+      def test_upload_via_pathname
+        file_contents = ""
+        Netssh.new(a_host) do |_host|
+          file_name = Pathname.new(File.join("/tmp", SecureRandom.uuid))
+          upload!(StringIO.new('example_io'), file_name)
+          file_contents = download!(file_name)
+        end.run
+        assert_equal "example_io", file_contents
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/functional/backends/test_netssh.rb b/test/functional/backends/test_netssh.rb
index b003f81a..3a2f03d6 100644
--- a/test/functional/backends/test_netssh.rb
+++ b/test/functional/backends/test_netssh.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'helper'
-require 'securerandom'
 require 'benchmark'
 
 module SSHKit
@@ -136,71 +135,6 @@ def test_test_does_not_raise_on_non_zero_exit_status
         end.run
       end
 
-      def test_upload_and_then_capture_file_contents
-        actual_file_contents = ""
-        file_name = File.join("/tmp", SecureRandom.uuid)
-        File.open file_name, 'w+' do |f|
-          f.write "Some Content\nWith a newline and trailing spaces    \n "
-        end
-        Netssh.new(a_host) do
-          upload!(file_name, file_name)
-          actual_file_contents = capture(:cat, file_name, strip: false)
-        end.run
-        assert_equal "Some Content\nWith a newline and trailing spaces    \n ", actual_file_contents
-      end
-
-      def test_upload_within
-        file_name = SecureRandom.uuid
-        file_contents = "Some Content"
-        dir_name = SecureRandom.uuid
-        actual_file_contents = ""
-        Netssh.new(a_host) do |_host|
-          within("/tmp") do
-            execute :mkdir, "-p", dir_name
-            within(dir_name) do
-              upload!(StringIO.new(file_contents), file_name)
-            end
-          end
-          actual_file_contents = capture(:cat, "/tmp/#{dir_name}/#{file_name}", strip: false)
-        end.run
-        assert_equal file_contents, actual_file_contents
-      end
-
-      def test_upload_string_io
-        file_contents = ""
-        Netssh.new(a_host) do |_host|
-          file_name = File.join("/tmp", SecureRandom.uuid)
-          upload!(StringIO.new('example_io'), file_name)
-          file_contents = download!(file_name)
-        end.run
-        assert_equal "example_io", file_contents
-      end
-
-      def test_upload_large_file
-        size      = 25
-        fills     = SecureRandom.random_bytes(1024*1024)
-        file_name = "/tmp/file-#{size}.txt"
-        File.open(file_name, 'wb') do |f|
-          (size).times {f.write(fills) }
-        end
-        file_contents = ""
-        Netssh.new(a_host) do
-          upload!(file_name, file_name)
-          file_contents = download!(file_name)
-        end.run
-        assert_equal File.open(file_name, 'rb').read, file_contents
-      end
-
-      def test_upload_via_pathname
-        file_contents = ""
-        Netssh.new(a_host) do |_host|
-          file_name = Pathname.new(File.join("/tmp", SecureRandom.uuid))
-          upload!(StringIO.new('example_io'), file_name)
-          file_contents = download!(file_name)
-        end.run
-        assert_equal "example_io", file_contents
-      end
-
       def test_interaction_handler
         captured_command_result = nil
         Netssh.new(a_host) do
diff --git a/test/functional/backends/test_netssh_scp.rb b/test/functional/backends/test_netssh_scp.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de02c48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/backends/test_netssh_scp.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require 'helper'
+require_relative 'netssh_transfer_tests'
+
+module SSHKit
+  module Backend
+    class TestNetsshScp < FunctionalTest
+      include NetsshTransferTests
+
+      def setup
+        super
+        SSHKit::Backend::Netssh.configure do |ssh|
+          ssh.transfer_method = :scp
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end