diff --git a/tests/convert-tests.sh b/tests/convert-tests.sh
index c5663367..42479df9 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ export TEST_DEV
 rm -f "$RESULTS"
 
 check_kernel_support
+# anything expected by common.convert
+check_global_prereq getfacl
+check_global_prereq setfacl
+check_global_prereq md5sum
 
 run_one_test() {
 	local testdir
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/001-ext2-basic/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/001-ext2-basic/test.sh
index 7d8e87d8..d94bf0b6 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/001-ext2-basic/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/001-ext2-basic/test.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mke2fs
 
 for feature in '' 'extref' 'skinny-metadata' 'no-holes'; do
 	convert_test ext2 "$feature" "ext2 4k nodesize" 4096 mke2fs -b 4096
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/002-ext3-basic/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/002-ext3-basic/test.sh
index 5a33c2ca..f00e0e82 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/002-ext3-basic/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/002-ext3-basic/test.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mke2fs
 
 for feature in '' 'extref' 'skinny-metadata' 'no-holes'; do
 	convert_test ext3 "$feature" "ext3 4k nodesize" 4096 mke2fs -j -b 4096
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/003-ext4-basic/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/003-ext4-basic/test.sh
index df8bec28..d33f1d9a 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/003-ext4-basic/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/003-ext4-basic/test.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mke2fs
 
 for feature in '' 'extref' 'skinny-metadata' 'no-holes'; do
 	convert_test ext4 "$feature" "ext4 4k nodesize" 4096 mke2fs -t ext4 -b 4096
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/005-delete-all-rollback/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/005-delete-all-rollback/test.sh
index 337413bb..316d57a0 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/005-delete-all-rollback/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/005-delete-all-rollback/test.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mke2fs
 
 # simple wrapper for a convert test
 # $1: btrfs features, argument to -O
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/006-large-hole-extent/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/006-large-hole-extent/test.sh
index f63a1186..0edb6280 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/006-large-hole-extent/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/006-large-hole-extent/test.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mke2fs
 
 default_mke2fs="mke2fs -t ext4 -b 4096"
 convert_test_preamble '' 'large hole extent test' 16k "$default_mke2fs"
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/007-unsupported-block-sizes/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/007-unsupported-block-sizes/test.sh
index af8ec357..f1b29726 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/007-unsupported-block-sizes/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/007-unsupported-block-sizes/test.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mke2fs
 
 for bs in 1024 2048; do
 	default_mke2fs="mke2fs -t ext4 -b $bs"
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/008-readonly-image/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/008-readonly-image/test.sh
index dd954181..73c9eff2 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/008-readonly-image/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/008-readonly-image/test.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mke2fs
 
 default_mke2fs="mke2fs -t ext4 -b 4096"
 convert_test_preamble '' 'readonly image test' 16k "$default_mke2fs"
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/009-common-inode-flags/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/009-common-inode-flags/test.sh
index f42fb681..1f3106b4 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/009-common-inode-flags/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/009-common-inode-flags/test.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mke2fs
+check_global_prereq lsattr
+check_global_prereq chattr
 
 fail=0
 default_mke2fs="mke2fs -t ext4 -b 4096"
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/010-reiserfs-basic/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/010-reiserfs-basic/test.sh
index f469aff2..32e15deb 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/010-reiserfs-basic/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/010-reiserfs-basic/test.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mkreiserfs
 
 for feature in '' 'extref' 'skinny-metadata' 'no-holes'; do
 	convert_test reiserfs "$feature" "reiserfs 4k nodesize" 4096 mkreiserfs -b 4096
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/011-reiserfs-delete-all-rollback/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/011-reiserfs-delete-all-rollback/test.sh
index b905db89..8c1b8057 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/011-reiserfs-delete-all-rollback/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/011-reiserfs-delete-all-rollback/test.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mkreiserfs
 
 # simple wrapper for a convert test
 # $1: btrfs features, argument to -O
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/012-reiserfs-large-hole-extent/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/012-reiserfs-large-hole-extent/test.sh
index 19acbbd1..d9abbd8a 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/012-reiserfs-large-hole-extent/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/012-reiserfs-large-hole-extent/test.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mkreiserfs
 
 default_mkfs="mkreiserfs -b 4096"
 convert_test_preamble '' 'large hole extent test' 16k "$default_mkfs"
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/013-reiserfs-common-inode-flags/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/013-reiserfs-common-inode-flags/test.sh
index 850ecb9a..ba160262 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/013-reiserfs-common-inode-flags/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/013-reiserfs-common-inode-flags/test.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ source "$TOP/tests/common.convert"
 setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
+check_global_prereq mkreiserfs
+check_global_prereq chattr
+check_global_prereq lsattr
 
 fail=0
 default_mkfs="mkreiserfs -b 4096"
diff --git a/tests/convert-tests/014-reiserfs-tail-handling/test.sh b/tests/convert-tests/014-reiserfs-tail-handling/test.sh
index 58cfaa4b..aba5337b 100755
--- a/tests/convert-tests/014-reiserfs-tail-handling/test.sh
+++ b/tests/convert-tests/014-reiserfs-tail-handling/test.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ setup_root_helper
 prepare_test_dev 512M
 check_prereq btrfs-convert
 check_global_prereq md5sum
+check_global_prereq mkreiserfs
+check_global_prereq perl
 
 perl -e "print 'a'x8192;" > input
 perl -e "print 'b'x8192;" > input2