diff --git a/testing_and_setup/compass/manage_regression_suite.py b/testing_and_setup/compass/manage_regression_suite.py
index a8ef17551a..a64e708305 100755
--- a/testing_and_setup/compass/manage_regression_suite.py
+++ b/testing_and_setup/compass/manage_regression_suite.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def process_test_setup(test_tag, config_file, work_dir, model_runtime,
 # }}}
 
 
-def process_test_clean(test_tag, work_dir, suite_script):  # {{{
+def process_test_clean(test_tag, work_dir):  # {{{
     dev_null = open('/dev/null', 'a')
 
     # Process test attributes
@@ -304,15 +304,13 @@ def clean_suite(suite_tag, work_dir):  # {{{
     for child in suite_tag:
         # Process <test> children within the <regression_suite>
         if child.tag == 'test':
-            process_test_clean(child, work_dir, regression_script)
+            process_test_clean(child, work_dir)
 # }}}
 
 
-def summarize_suite(suite_tag):  # {{{
+def get_test_case_procs(suite_tag):  # {{{
 
-    max_procs = 1
-    max_threads = 1
-    max_cores = 1
+    testcases = {}
 
     for child in suite_tag:
         if child.tag == 'test':
@@ -367,9 +365,36 @@ def summarize_suite(suite_tag):  # {{{
                 name = case.attrib['name']
                 cases.append(name)
 
+            prereqs = list()
+            for config_prereq in config_root.iter('prerequisite'):
+                prereq = dict()
+                for tag in ['core', 'configuration', 'resolution', 'test']:
+                    prereq[tag] = config_prereq.attrib[tag]
+
+                # Make sure the prerequisite is already in the test suite
+                found = False
+                for other_name, other_test in testcases.items():
+                    match = [prereq[tag] == other_test[tag] for tag in
+                             ['core', 'configuration', 'resolution', 'test']]
+                    if all(match):
+                        found = True
+                        prereq['name'] = other_name
+                        break
+
+                if not found:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        'Prerequisite of {} does not precede it in the test '
+                        'suite: {} {} {} {}'.format(
+                            test_name, prereq['core'], prereq['configuration'],
+                            prereq['resolution'], prereq['test']))
+
+                prereqs.append(prereq)
+
             del config_root
             del config_tree
 
+            procs = 1
+            threads = 1
             # Loop over all files in test_path that have the .xml extension.
             for file in os.listdir('{}'.format(test_path)):
                 if fnmatch.fnmatch(file, '*.xml'):
@@ -395,19 +420,33 @@ def summarize_suite(suite_tag):  # {{{
                                 except (KeyError, ValueError):
                                     threads = 1
 
-                                cores = threads * procs
+                    del config_root
+                    del config_tree
+            testcases[test_name] = {'core': test_core,
+                                    'configuration': test_configuration,
+                                    'resolution': test_resolution,
+                                    'test': test_test,
+                                    'path': test_path,
+                                    'procs': procs,
+                                    'threads': threads,
+                                    'prereqs': prereqs}
 
-                                if procs > max_procs:
-                                    max_procs = procs
+    return testcases  # }}}
 
-                                if threads > max_threads:
-                                    max_threads = threads
 
-                                if cores > max_cores:
-                                    max_cores = cores
+def summarize_suite(testcases):  # {{{
 
-                    del config_root
-                    del config_tree
+    max_procs = 1
+    max_threads = 1
+    max_cores = 1
+    for name in testcases:
+        procs = testcases[name]['procs']
+        threads = testcases[name]['threads']
+        cores = threads * procs
+
+        max_procs = max(max_procs, procs)
+        max_threads = max(max_threads, threads)
+        max_cores = max(max_cores, cores)
 
     print("\n")
     print(" Summary of test cases:")
@@ -417,7 +456,7 @@ def summarize_suite(suite_tag):  # {{{
 # }}}
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+def main ():  # {{{
     # Define and process input arguments
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter)
@@ -495,14 +534,15 @@ def summarize_suite(suite_tag):  # {{{
         if args.setup:
             print("\n")
             print("Setting Up Test Cases:")
+            testcases = get_test_case_procs(suite_root)
             setup_suite(suite_root, args.work_dir, args.model_runtime,
                         args.config_file, args.baseline_dir, args.verbose)
-            summarize_suite(suite_root)
+            summarize_suite(testcases)
             if args.verbose:
                 cmd = ['cat',
                        args.work_dir + '/manage_regression_suite.py.out']
                 print('\nCase setup output:')
-                print(subprocess.check_output(cmd))
+                print(subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('utf-8'))
             write_history = True
 
     # Write the history of this command to the command_history file, for
@@ -533,5 +573,10 @@ def summarize_suite(suite_tag):  # {{{
         history_file.write('**************************************************'
                            '*********************\n')
         history_file.close()
+# }}}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
 
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