diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/pip.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/pip.py
index ec96f25b36..ae66cb23f0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/pip.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/pip.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def _get_pip(module, env=None, executable=None):
             else:
                 # For-else: Means that we did not break out of the loop
                 # (therefore, that pip was not found)
-                module.fail_json(msg='Unable to find any of %s to use.  pip' +
+                module.fail_json(msg='Unable to find any of %s to use.  pip'
                                      ' needs to be installed.' % ', '.join(candidate_pip_basenames))
         else:
             # If we're using a virtualenv we must use the pip from the
diff --git a/test/units/modules/packaging/language/__init__.py b/test/units/modules/packaging/language/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/units/modules/packaging/language/test_pip.py b/test/units/modules/packaging/language/test_pip.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a4146ab62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/modules/packaging/language/test_pip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import json
+
+from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
+from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch
+from ansible.module_utils import basic
+
+from ansible.modules.packaging.language import pip
+
+from ..utils import (set_module_args, AnsibleFailJson, exit_json, fail_json)
+
+
+class TestPip(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.mock_ansible_module = patch.multiple(basic.AnsibleModule, exit_json=exit_json, fail_json=fail_json)
+        self.mock_ansible_module.start()
+        self.addCleanup(self.mock_ansible_module.stop)
+
+    @patch.object(basic.AnsibleModule, 'get_bin_path')
+    def test_failure_when_pip_absent(self, mock_get_bin_path):
+
+        mock_get_bin_path.return_value = None
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AnsibleFailJson):
+            set_module_args({'name': 'six'})
+            pip.main()
diff --git a/test/units/modules/packaging/os/test_rhn_channel.py b/test/units/modules/packaging/os/test_rhn_channel.py
index ad459d29bd..c89eb39ca4 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/packaging/os/test_rhn_channel.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/packaging/os/test_rhn_channel.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import xmlrpc_client
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
 from ansible.modules.packaging.os import rhn_channel
 
-from .rhn_utils import (set_module_args, AnsibleExitJson, AnsibleFailJson,
-                        exit_json, fail_json, get_method_name, mock_request)
+from ..utils import (set_module_args, AnsibleExitJson, AnsibleFailJson,
+                     exit_json, fail_json, get_method_name, mock_request)
 
 
 class TestRhnChannel(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/test/units/modules/packaging/os/test_rhn_register.py b/test/units/modules/packaging/os/test_rhn_register.py
index d3f92f0fe4..647dd68f57 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/packaging/os/test_rhn_register.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/packaging/os/test_rhn_register.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import xmlrpc_client
 from ansible.modules.packaging.os import rhn_register
 
-from .rhn_utils import (set_module_args, AnsibleExitJson, AnsibleFailJson,
-                        exit_json, fail_json, get_method_name, mock_request)
+from ..utils import (set_module_args, AnsibleExitJson, AnsibleFailJson,
+                     exit_json, fail_json, get_method_name, mock_request)
 
 
 SYSTEMID = """<?xml version="1.0"?>
diff --git a/test/units/modules/packaging/os/rhn_utils.py b/test/units/modules/packaging/utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test/units/modules/packaging/os/rhn_utils.py
rename to test/units/modules/packaging/utils.py