diff --git a/e2e/binary/test/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/test/BUILD.bazel
index 0dcf8ba0c4000058d28f4de57c46c4ab2caab9e6..940112b15d7b2ad8b242bcc2311f382f28073f8e 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/test/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/test/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
-load("@bazel_skylib//rules:build_test.bzl", "build_test")
+load("@rules_python_pytest//python_pytest:defs.bzl", "py_pytest_test")
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:native_binary.bzl", "native_test")
 
-# TODO: write an _actual_ test for `test`
 
-build_test(
-    name = "test",
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["test.py"],
+    data = [
+        "@ape//ape:test"
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
+
+native_test(
+    name = "native",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:test"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:test",
+    args = ["hello"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "test",
+    tests = [
+        "native",
+        "pytest",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/test/test.py b/e2e/binary/test/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ffabf0671719b2735e1b8eb8c448d3bfbd8e493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/test/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from subprocess import run, CalledProcessError
+import pytest
+
+from binary.tool import Tool
+
+
+def test_strings_equal(tool: Tool) -> None:
+    binary = tool("test")
+    
+    cmd = (binary, 'hello', '=', 'hello')
+    run(cmd, check=True, timeout=30)
+    
+
+def test_strings_unequal(tool: Tool) -> None:
+    binary = tool("test")
+    
+    cmd = (binary, 'hello', '=', 'bye')
+    with pytest.raises(CalledProcessError):
+        run(cmd, check=True, timeout=30)