diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 15a59692f2..a5f164c493 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ from youtube_dl.utils import (
     match_str,
     parse_dfxp_time_expr,
     dfxp2srt,
+    cli_option,
+    cli_valueless_option,
+    cli_bool_option,
 )
 
 
@@ -674,6 +677,51 @@ The first line
 '''
         self.assertEqual(dfxp2srt(dfxp_data_no_default_namespace), srt_data)
 
+    def test_cli_option(self):
+        self.assertEqual(cli_option({'proxy': '127.0.0.1:3128'}, '--proxy', 'proxy'), ['--proxy', '127.0.0.1:3128'])
+        self.assertEqual(cli_option({'proxy': None}, '--proxy', 'proxy'), [])
+        self.assertEqual(cli_option({}, '--proxy', 'proxy'), [])
+
+    def test_cli_valueless_option(self):
+        self.assertEqual(cli_valueless_option(
+            {'downloader': 'external'}, '--external-downloader', 'downloader', 'external'), ['--external-downloader'])
+        self.assertEqual(cli_valueless_option(
+            {'downloader': 'internal'}, '--external-downloader', 'downloader', 'external'), [])
+        self.assertEqual(cli_valueless_option(
+            {'nocheckcertificate': True}, '--no-check-certificate', 'nocheckcertificate'), ['--no-check-certificate'])
+        self.assertEqual(cli_valueless_option(
+            {'nocheckcertificate': False}, '--no-check-certificate', 'nocheckcertificate'), [])
+        self.assertEqual(cli_valueless_option(
+            {'checkcertificate': True}, '--no-check-certificate', 'checkcertificate', False), [])
+        self.assertEqual(cli_valueless_option(
+            {'checkcertificate': False}, '--no-check-certificate', 'checkcertificate', False), ['--no-check-certificate'])
+
+    def test_cli_bool_option(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            cli_bool_option(
+                {'nocheckcertificate': True}, '--no-check-certificate', 'nocheckcertificate'),
+            ['--no-check-certificate', 'true'])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            cli_bool_option(
+                {'nocheckcertificate': True}, '--no-check-certificate', 'nocheckcertificate', separator='='),
+            ['--no-check-certificate=true'])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            cli_bool_option(
+                {'nocheckcertificate': True}, '--check-certificate', 'nocheckcertificate', 'false', 'true'),
+            ['--check-certificate', 'false'])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            cli_bool_option(
+                {'nocheckcertificate': True}, '--check-certificate', 'nocheckcertificate', 'false', 'true', '='),
+            ['--check-certificate=false'])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            cli_bool_option(
+                {'nocheckcertificate': False}, '--check-certificate', 'nocheckcertificate', 'false', 'true'),
+            ['--check-certificate', 'true'])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            cli_bool_option(
+                {'nocheckcertificate': False}, '--check-certificate', 'nocheckcertificate', 'false', 'true', '='),
+            ['--check-certificate=true'])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()