diff --git a/e2e/binary/gmake/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/gmake/BUILD.bazel
index 0b21b47f55cda4d73a5cfbb9a7259e4d01047cc7..3d70742d19316ef1ee7922c167a837f8d029a39f 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/gmake/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/gmake/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
-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 `gmake`
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["make.py"],
+    data = [
+        "Makefile",
+        "@ape//ape:gmake",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
 
-build_test(
-    name = "gmake",
+native_test(
+    name = "version",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:gmake"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:gmake",
+    args = ["--version"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "gmake",
+    tests = [
+        "pytest",
+        "version",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/gmake/Makefile b/e2e/binary/gmake/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ace8ea624550a5e3e34b2f188c209b16640c958b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/gmake/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ECHO=echo
+
+hello:
+	$(ECHO) "Hello, world!"
diff --git a/e2e/binary/gmake/make.py b/e2e/binary/gmake/make.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4121d165c4f0f8d58b6fe788438bcf5efb338a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/gmake/make.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from subprocess import PIPE, run
+
+from binary import Relative, Tool
+
+
+def test_roundtrip(tool: Tool, relative: Relative) -> None:
+    make = tool("gmake")
+    makefile = relative("Makefile")
+
+    cmd = (make, "-snf", f"{makefile}", "ECHO=placeholder")
+    r = run(cmd, stdout=PIPE, encoding="utf8")
+    assert r.returncode == 0
+    assert r.stdout is not None
+    assert r.stdout.rstrip() == 'placeholder "Hello, world!"'
diff --git a/e2e/binary/make/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/make/BUILD.bazel
index fc8ae45799fee3557fd0c4fc30f002b13f270989..c6350adb696aa37bdf86e5ce5bcbc8284b3d8790 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/make/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/make/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
-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 `make`
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["make.py"],
+    data = [
+        "Makefile",
+        "@ape//ape:make",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
 
-build_test(
-    name = "make",
+native_test(
+    name = "version",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:make"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:make",
+    args = ["--version"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "make",
+    tests = [
+        "pytest",
+        "version",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/make/Makefile b/e2e/binary/make/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ace8ea624550a5e3e34b2f188c209b16640c958b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/make/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ECHO=echo
+
+hello:
+	$(ECHO) "Hello, world!"
diff --git a/e2e/binary/make/make.py b/e2e/binary/make/make.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..65e771e4f94dad0eb18aa5cb8c016d37fede1f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/make/make.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from subprocess import PIPE, run
+
+from binary import Relative, Tool
+
+
+def test_roundtrip(tool: Tool, relative: Relative) -> None:
+    make = tool("make")
+    makefile = relative("Makefile")
+
+    cmd = (make, "-snf", f"{makefile}", "ECHO=placeholder")
+    r = run(cmd, stdout=PIPE, encoding="utf8")
+    assert r.returncode == 0
+    assert r.stdout is not None
+    assert r.stdout.rstrip() == 'placeholder "Hello, world!"'