diff --git a/e2e/binary/zip/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/zip/BUILD.bazel
index ce603aa76bdc66001b0351c2efaf8f85811ecfcd..11b8352f5a1c0f12677a7d449f5fc7213dffc218 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/zip/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/zip/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 `zip`
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["zip.py"],
+    data = [
+        "fixture.txt",
+        "@ape//ape:zip",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
 
-build_test(
-    name = "zip",
+native_test(
+    name = "version",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:zip"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:zip",
+    args = ["--version"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "zip",
+    tests = [
+        "pytest",
+        "version",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/zip/fixture.txt b/e2e/binary/zip/fixture.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ce013625030ba8dba906f756967f9e9ca394464a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/zip/fixture.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
diff --git a/e2e/binary/zip/zip.py b/e2e/binary/zip/zip.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..963e19438fa6397bc8e5dd2f6e77ab7077879284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/zip/zip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from subprocess import run
+import zipfile
+
+from binary import Diff, Relative, Tool
+
+
+def test_zip(tool: Tool, relative: Relative, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    binary = tool("zip")
+    fixture = relative("fixture.txt")
+    zipped = tmp_path / "output.zip"
+    unzipped = tmp_path / "fixture.txt"
+
+    cmd = (binary, "-j", zipped, fixture)
+    run(cmd, check=True, timeout=30,)
+    
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(zipped, "r") as zip:
+        zip.extractall(tmp_path)
+    
+    assert Diff(fixture) == Diff(unzipped)