diff --git a/e2e/binary/install/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/install/BUILD.bazel
index d8a75915b45272c590b2dadf636526f196afe0c0..e4e6ef5c4f162c542608f0c8da982bed9b91ad15 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/install/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/install/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 `install`
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["install.py"],
+    data = [
+        "fixture.txt",
+        "@ape//ape:install",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
 
-build_test(
-    name = "install",
+native_test(
+    name = "version",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:install"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:install",
+    args = ["--version"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "install",
+    tests = [
+        "pytest",
+        "version",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/install/fixture.txt b/e2e/binary/install/fixture.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b6fc4c620b67d95f953a5c1c1230aaab5db5a1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/install/fixture.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/binary/install/install.py b/e2e/binary/install/install.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0d6c17a1350da87dba81a58d5186da1a013092b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/install/install.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from subprocess import run
+
+from binary import Diff, Relative, Tool
+
+
+def test_install(tool: Tool, relative: Relative, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    binary = tool("install")
+    fixture = relative("fixture.txt")
+    output = tmp_path / "output.txt"
+
+    cmd = (binary, fixture, output,)
+    run(cmd, check=True, timeout=30)
+
+    assert Diff(fixture) == Diff(output)