diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/in/installShellFiles/tests/install-bin-output.nix b/pkgs/by-name/in/installShellFiles/tests/install-bin-output.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..900f1eaa7e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/in/installShellFiles/tests/install-bin-output.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  installShellFiles,
+  runCommandLocal,
+}:
+
+runCommandLocal "install-shell-files--install-bin-output"
+  {
+    outputs = [
+      "out"
+      "bin"
+    ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+    meta.platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  }
+  ''
+    mkdir -p bin
+    echo "echo hello za warudo" > bin/hello
+    echo "echo amigo me gusta mucho" > bin/amigo
+
+    installBin bin/*
+
+    # assert it didn't go into $out
+    [[ ! -f $out/bin/amigo ]]
+    [[ ! -f $out/bin/hello ]]
+
+    cmp bin/amigo ''${!outputBin}/bin/amigo
+    cmp bin/hello ''${!outputBin}/bin/hello
+
+    touch $out
+  ''
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/in/installShellFiles/tests/install-bin.nix b/pkgs/by-name/in/installShellFiles/tests/install-bin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba00c59b21be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/in/installShellFiles/tests/install-bin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  installShellFiles,
+  runCommandLocal,
+}:
+
+runCommandLocal "install-shell-files--install-bin"
+  {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+    meta.platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  }
+  ''
+    mkdir -p bin
+    echo "echo hello za warudo" > bin/hello
+    echo "echo amigo me gusta mucho" > bin/amigo
+
+    installBin bin/*
+
+    cmp bin/amigo $out/bin/amigo
+    cmp bin/hello $out/bin/hello
+  ''