2 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/build-remote.sh b/tests/build-remote.sh
index 27d85a83d..806c6d261 100644
--- a/tests/build-remote.sh
+++ b/tests/build-remote.sh
@@ -53,3 +53,16 @@ nix path-info --store $TEST_ROOT/machine3 --all \
   | grep -v builder-build-remote-input-1.sh \
   | grep -v builder-build-remote-input-2.sh \
   | grep builder-build-remote-input-3.sh
+
+# Behavior of keep-failed
+out="$(nix-build 2>&1 failing.nix \
+  --builders "$(join_by '; ' "${builders[@]}")"  \
+  --keep-failed \
+  --store $TEST_ROOT/machine0 \
+  -j0 \
+  --arg busybox $busybox)" || true
+
+[[ "$out" =~ .*"note: keeping build directory".* ]]
+
+build_dir="$(grep "note: keeping build" <<< "$out" | sed -E "s/^(.*)note: keeping build directory '(.*)'(.*)$/\2/")"
+[[ "foo" = $(<"$build_dir"/bar) ]]
diff --git a/tests/failing.nix b/tests/failing.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a0350d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/failing.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ busybox }:
+with import ./config.nix;
+let
+
+  mkDerivation = args:
+    derivation ({
+      inherit system;
+      builder = busybox;
+      args = ["sh" "-e" args.builder or (builtins.toFile "builder-${args.name}.sh" "if [ -e .attrs.sh ]; then source .attrs.sh; fi; eval \"$buildCommand\"")];
+    } // removeAttrs args ["builder" "meta"])
+    // { meta = args.meta or {}; };
+in
+{
+
+  failing = mkDerivation {
+    name = "failing";
+    buildCommand = ''
+      echo foo > bar
+      exit 1
+    '';
+  };
+}