diff --git a/e2e/binary/verynice/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/binary/verynice/BUILD.bazel
index ed2e98d7d8a9405cc58dd30e96e3e8e59d824976..eb6f5b39dc8130fcc84e7db26ffea72697e7c855 100644
--- a/e2e/binary/verynice/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/binary/verynice/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 `verynice`
+py_pytest_test(
+    name = "pytest",
+    size = "small",
+    srcs = ["scheduling.py"],
+    data = [
+        "@ape//ape:verynice",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//binary:pytest",
+    ],
+)
 
-build_test(
-    name = "verynice",
+native_test(
+    name = "native",
     size = "small",
-    tags = ["stub"],
-    targets = ["@ape//ape:verynice"],
+    src = "@ape//ape:verynice",
+    args = ["-h"],
+)
+
+test_suite(
+    name = "verynice",
+    tests = [
+        "native",
+        "pytest",
+    ],
     visibility = ["//:__subpackages__"],
 )
diff --git a/e2e/binary/verynice/scheduling.py b/e2e/binary/verynice/scheduling.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..170ffae027f395a492619755efabc5c66b0b241e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/binary/verynice/scheduling.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from subprocess import run
+from sys import executable
+
+from binary import Tool
+
+
+def test_kill(tool: Tool) -> None:
+    binary = tool("verynice")
+    cmd = (binary, executable, "-c", "print('Hello, world!')")
+    r = run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    assert r.stdout.rstrip() == "Hello, world!"