diff --git a/e2e/binary/split/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/split/BUILD.bazel
index d8e53274a54b86f385999c527a3039b29541cb6c..17642eabe10acb58e91d478cb9b2936a1b5015cc 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/split/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/split/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,11 +1,33 @@
-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 `split`
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["split.py"],
+    data = [
+        "xaa.expected.txt",
+        "xab.expected.txt",
+        "fixture.txt",
+        "@ape//ape:split",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
 
-build_test(
-    name = "split",
+native_test(
+    name = "version",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:split"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:split",
+    args = ["--version"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "split",
+    tests = [
+        "pytest",
+        "version",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/split/fixture.txt b/e2e/binary/split/fixture.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee2ddfb138033b9bc14e8a25feec6c49baa3d6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/split/fixture.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Pongo
+Gorilla
+Pan
+Homo
diff --git a/e2e/binary/split/split.py b/e2e/binary/split/split.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bec4086ba537b13fdbaa337810554499f8307a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/split/split.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from subprocess import run
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from binary import Diff, Relative, Tool
+
+
+def test_split(tool: Tool, relative: Relative, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    binary = tool("split")
+    fixture = Path.cwd() / relative("fixture.txt")
+    output_map = {
+        tmp_path / "xaa": relative("xaa.expected.txt"),
+        tmp_path / "xab": relative("xab.expected.txt"),
+    }
+
+    cmd = (binary, '-l', '2', fixture,)
+    run(cmd, check=True, timeout=30, cwd=tmp_path,)
+
+    for output, expected in output_map.items():
+        assert Diff(expected) == Diff(output)
diff --git a/e2e/binary/split/xaa.expected.txt b/e2e/binary/split/xaa.expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..13bbd603cb29acd3161c976cdc9137619c2c2c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/split/xaa.expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Pongo
+Gorilla
diff --git a/e2e/binary/split/xab.expected.txt b/e2e/binary/split/xab.expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eb489a27ad4c6100a063bb7ded57bcdc187506fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/split/xab.expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Pan
+Homo