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diff --git a/tests/functional/readfile-context.nix b/tests/functional/readfile-context.nix
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+++ b/tests/functional/readfile-context.nix
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+with import ./config.nix;
+
+let
+
+  input = import ./simple.nix;
+
+  dependent = mkDerivation {
+    name = "dependent";
+    buildCommand = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      echo -n "$input1" > "$out/file1"
+      echo -n "$input2" > "$out/file2"
+    '';
+    input1 = "${input}/hello";
+    input2 = "hello";
+  };
+
+  readDependent = mkDerivation {
+    # Will evaluate correctly because file2 doesn't have any references,
+    # even though the `dependent` derivation does.
+    name = builtins.readFile (dependent + "/file2");
+    buildCommand = ''
+      echo "$input" > "$out"
+    '';
+    input = builtins.readFile (dependent + "/file1");
+  };
+
+in readDependent