diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index be799b5ec..1021875cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run test suite via wheel
         run: tox -e ${{env.BASE}}-wheel --skip-pkg-install
 
+      - name: Run minimum version test
+        if: env.BASE == 'py27' || env.BASE == 'py35' || env.BASE == 'py36'
+        run: tox -e ${{env.BASE}}-minversion
+
       - name: Rename coverage report file
         run: |
           import os; os.rename('.tox/coverage.{}.xml'.format(os.environ['BASE']), '.tox/coverage.xml')
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e14e3b637..f3831d6cc 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ project_urls =
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    packaging
-    pep517>=0.9
-    toml
-    importlib-metadata;python_version < "3.8"
-    typing;python_version<"3"
+    packaging>=19.0
+    pep517>=0.9.1
+    toml>=0.10.0
+    importlib-metadata>=0.22;python_version < "3.8"
+    typing>=3.5.2;python_version < "3"
     virtualenv>=20.0.35;python_version < "3"
 python_requires = >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*
 package_dir =
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ed813f61a..f1f468585 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ envlist =
     type
     docs
     {py39, py38, py37, py36, py35, py27, pypy3, pypy2}{, -path, -sdist, -wheel}
+    {py27, py35, py36}-minversion
 isolated_build = true
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 minversion = 3.14
@@ -55,6 +56,33 @@ commands =
     mypy --python-version 3.5 src/build
     mypy --python-version 2.7 src/build
 
+[testenv:py27-minversion]
+description = check minimum versions required of all dependencies
+deps =
+  importlib-metadata==0.22
+  virtualenv==20.0.35
+  typing==3.5.2.2
+  pep517==0.9.1
+  packaging==19.0
+  toml==0.10.0
+extras =
+    test
+commands =
+    pytest -rsx tests {posargs:-n auto}
+
+[testenv:{py35,py36}-minversion]
+description = check minimum versions required of all dependencies
+deps =
+  importlib-metadata==0.22
+  pep517==0.9.1
+  packaging==19.0
+  toml==0.10.0
+extras =
+    test
+commands =
+    pytest -rsx tests {posargs:-n auto}
+
+
 [testenv:docs]
 description = build documentations
 basepython = python3.8