2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-okay-strings-as-attrs-names.exp b/tests/lang/eval-okay-strings-as-attrs-names.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27ba77dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-okay-strings-as-attrs-names.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+true
diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-okay-strings-as-attrs-names.nix b/tests/lang/eval-okay-strings-as-attrs-names.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e40928db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-okay-strings-as-attrs-names.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+let
+
+  attr = {
+    "key 1" = "test";
+    "key 2" = "caseok";
+  };
+
+  t1 = builtins.getAttr "key 1" attr;
+  t2 = attr."key 2";
+  t3 = attr ? "key 1";
+  t4 = builtins.attrNames { inherit (attr) "key 1"; };
+
+  # This is permitted, but there is currently no way to reference this
+  # variable.
+  "foo bar" = 1;
+
+in t1 == "test"
+   && t2 == "caseok"
+   && t3 == true
+   && t4 == ["key 1"]