diff --git a/src/bin/test/test-guile-env-override b/src/bin/test/test-guile-env-override
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8b88e92351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/test/test-guile-env-override
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+GNC_GUILE=`pwd`/fake-guile
+export GNC_GUILE
+
+gnucash-env guile
+
+test $? -eq 42