diff --git a/e2e/binary/echo/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/echo/BUILD.bazel
index ff802ed92ff447c251683fd6a68ea9b68b228479..80f8100c18f13306f3c5eed07515fc17c61efab8 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/echo/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/echo/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
-load("@bazel_skylib//rules:build_test.bzl", "build_test")
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:native_binary.bzl", "native_test")
+load("@rules_python_pytest//python_pytest:defs.bzl", "py_pytest_test")
 
-# TODO: write an _actual_ test for `echo`
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["echo.py"],
+    data = [
+        "@ape//ape:echo",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
 
-build_test(
-    name = "echo",
+native_test(
+    name = "version",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:echo"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:echo",
+    args = ["--version"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "echo",
+    tests = [
+        "pytest",
+        "version",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/echo/echo.py b/e2e/binary/echo/echo.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b2f32619424c78b01eea8d8166f17dd8ae196411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/echo/echo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from subprocess import run
+from binary import Tool
+
+
+def test_echo(tool: Tool) -> None:
+    binary = tool("echo")
+
+    cmd = (binary, "Hello, world!")
+    result = run(cmd, check=True, timeout=30, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    assert result.stdout.rstrip() == "Hello, world!"