diff --git a/e2e/binary/true/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/true/BUILD.bazel
index 7fde5ecb79b4028f994a186e7d3f3274d18bd3c1..8196cf07b3d8bf498a88f3041058d0e29f0ad7b4 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/true/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/true/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 `true`
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["true.py"],
+    data = [
+        "@ape//ape:true",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
 
-build_test(
-    name = "true",
+native_test(
+    name = "version",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:true"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:true",
+    args = ["--version"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "true",
+    tests = [
+        "pytest",
+        "version",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/true/true.py b/e2e/binary/true/true.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..84a9ab628783efb10d2be422c963bf7275b412ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/true/true.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from subprocess import run
+
+from binary import Relative, Tool
+
+
+def test_true(tool: Tool, relative: Relative, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    binary = tool("true")
+
+    cmd = (binary, "Hello, world!")
+    result = run(cmd, timeout=30, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    assert result.stdout.returncode() == 0