diff --git a/tests/abuild.bats b/tests/abuild.bats
index b8451c3..eb31e1f 100644
--- a/tests/abuild.bats
+++ b/tests/abuild.bats
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 setup() {
-	export ABUILD=../abuild
-	export ABUILD_SHAREDIR=$PWD/..
+	export ABUILD="$PWD/../abuild"
+	export ABUILD_SHAREDIR="$PWD/.."
+	export REPODEST="$BATS_TMPDIR"/packages
 }
 
 @test "abuild: help text" {
@@ -10,3 +11,8 @@ setup() {
 @test "abuild: version string" {
 	$ABUILD -V
 }
+
+@test "abuild: build simple package without deps" {
+	cd testrepo/pkg1
+	$ABUILD
+}