diff --git a/e2e/binary/wc/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/wc/BUILD.bazel
index 2c6e95816356387ba13bfab25ef78ddc036ff59e..0d3a5cd0636b2832f083992d33b2b13811f85011 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/wc/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/wc/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
-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 `wc`
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["wc.py"],
+    data = [
+        "fixture.txt",
+        "expected.txt",
+        "@ape//ape:wc",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
 
-build_test(
-    name = "wc",
+native_test(
+    name = "version",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:wc"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:wc",
+    args = ["--version"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "wc",
+    tests = [
+        "pytest",
+        "version",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/wc/expected.txt b/e2e/binary/wc/expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c5fd483394fa6d5b158b25910923908109489248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/wc/expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ 4  4 23
diff --git a/e2e/binary/wc/fixture.txt b/e2e/binary/wc/fixture.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee2ddfb138033b9bc14e8a25feec6c49baa3d6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/wc/fixture.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Pongo
+Gorilla
+Pan
+Homo
diff --git a/e2e/binary/wc/wc.py b/e2e/binary/wc/wc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..527584a03e5e5e396eade12ebde390894c610fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/wc/wc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from subprocess import run
+
+from binary import Diff, Relative, Tool
+
+
+def test_wc(tool: Tool, relative: Relative, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    binary = tool("wc")
+    fixture = relative("fixture.txt")
+    expected = relative("expected.txt")
+    output = tmp_path / "output.txt"
+
+    cmd = (binary, "-lcw",)
+    with open(output, "w") as stream, open(fixture, "rb") as stdin:
+        run(cmd, check=True, timeout=30, stdout=stream, stdin=stdin)
+
+    assert Diff(expected) == Diff(output)