diff --git a/ethutil/value_test.go b/ethutil/value_test.go
index 54c8d9fd6..1c62d3e20 100644
--- a/ethutil/value_test.go
+++ b/ethutil/value_test.go
@@ -1,89 +1,72 @@
 package ethutil
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
+	checker "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 	"math/big"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func TestValueCmp(t *testing.T) {
+func Test(t *testing.T) { checker.TestingT(t) }
+
+type ValueSuite struct{}
+
+var _ = checker.Suite(&ValueSuite{})
+
+func (s *ValueSuite) TestValueCmp(c *checker.C) {
 	val1 := NewValue("hello")
 	val2 := NewValue("world")
-	if val1.Cmp(val2) {
-		t.Error("Expected values not to be equal")
-	}
+	c.Assert(val1.Cmp(val2), checker.Equals, false)
 
 	val3 := NewValue("hello")
 	val4 := NewValue("hello")
-	if !val3.Cmp(val4) {
-		t.Error("Expected values to be equal")
-	}
+	c.Assert(val3.Cmp(val4), checker.Equals, true)
 }
 
-func TestValueTypes(t *testing.T) {
+func (s *ValueSuite) TestValueTypes(c *checker.C) {
 	str := NewValue("str")
 	num := NewValue(1)
 	inter := NewValue([]interface{}{1})
 	byt := NewValue([]byte{1, 2, 3, 4})
 	bigInt := NewValue(big.NewInt(10))
 
-	if str.Str() != "str" {
-		t.Errorf("expected Str to return 'str', got %s", str.Str())
-	}
-
-	if num.Uint() != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("expected Uint to return '1', got %d", num.Uint())
-	}
-
+	strExp := "str"
+	numExp := uint64(1)
 	interExp := []interface{}{1}
-	if !NewValue(inter.Interface()).Cmp(NewValue(interExp)) {
-		t.Errorf("expected Interface to return '%v', got %v", interExp, num.Interface())
-	}
-
 	bytExp := []byte{1, 2, 3, 4}
-	if bytes.Compare(byt.Bytes(), bytExp) != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("expected Bytes to return '%v', got %v", bytExp, byt.Bytes())
-	}
-
 	bigExp := big.NewInt(10)
-	if bigInt.BigInt().Cmp(bigExp) != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("expected BigInt to return '%v', got %v", bigExp, bigInt.BigInt())
-	}
+
+	c.Assert(str.Str(), checker.Equals, strExp)
+	c.Assert(num.Uint(), checker.Equals, numExp)
+	c.Assert(NewValue(inter.Interface()).Cmp(NewValue(interExp)), checker.Equals, true)
+	c.Assert(byt.Bytes(), checker.DeepEquals, bytExp)
+	c.Assert(bigInt.BigInt(), checker.DeepEquals, bigExp)
 }
 
-func TestIterator(t *testing.T) {
+func (s *ValueSuite) TestIterator(c *checker.C) {
 	value := NewValue([]interface{}{1, 2, 3})
-	it := value.NewIterator()
+	iter := value.NewIterator()
 	values := []uint64{1, 2, 3}
 	i := 0
-	for it.Next() {
-		if values[i] != it.Value().Uint() {
-			t.Errorf("Expected %d, got %d", values[i], it.Value().Uint())
-		}
+	for iter.Next() {
+		c.Assert(values[i], checker.Equals, iter.Value().Uint())
 		i++
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMath(t *testing.T) {
-	a := NewValue(1)
-	a.Add(1).Add(1)
+func (s *ValueSuite) TestMath(c *checker.C) {
+	data1 := NewValue(1)
+	data1.Add(1).Add(1)
+	exp1 := NewValue(3)
+	data2 := NewValue(2)
+	data2.Sub(1).Sub(1)
+	exp2 := NewValue(0)
 
-	if !a.DeepCmp(NewValue(3)) {
-		t.Error("Expected 3, got", a)
-	}
-
-	a = NewValue(2)
-	a.Sub(1).Sub(1)
-	if !a.DeepCmp(NewValue(0)) {
-		t.Error("Expected 0, got", a)
-	}
+	c.Assert(data1.DeepCmp(exp1), checker.Equals, true)
+	c.Assert(data2.DeepCmp(exp2), checker.Equals, true)
 }
 
-func TestString(t *testing.T) {
+func (s *ValueSuite) TestString(c *checker.C) {
 	data := "10"
 	exp := int64(10)
-	res := NewValue(data).Int()
-	if res != exp {
-		t.Errorf("Exprected %d Got res", exp, res)
-	}
+	c.Assert(NewValue(data).Int(), checker.DeepEquals, exp)
 }