diff --git a/t/t0061-run-command.sh b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
index 10b26e4d8e..8d4938f019 100755
--- a/t/t0061-run-command.sh
+++ b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,31 @@ test_description='Test run command'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+cat >hello-script <<-EOF
+	#!$SHELL_PATH
+	cat hello-script
+EOF
+>empty
+
 test_expect_success 'start_command reports ENOENT' '
 	test-run-command start-command-ENOENT ./does-not-exist
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'run_command can run a command' '
+	cat hello-script >hello.sh &&
+	chmod +x hello.sh &&
+	test-run-command run-command ./hello.sh >actual 2>err &&
+
+	test_cmp hello-script actual &&
+	test_cmp empty err
+'
+
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'run_command reports EACCES' '
+	cat hello-script >hello.sh &&
+	chmod -x hello.sh &&
+	test_must_fail test-run-command run-command ./hello.sh 2>err &&
+
+	grep "fatal: cannot exec.*hello.sh" err
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/test-run-command.c b/test-run-command.c
index 0612bfa7cd..37918e15f5 100644
--- a/test-run-command.c
+++ b/test-run-command.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		fprintf(stderr, "FAIL %s\n", argv[1]);
 		return 1;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "run-command"))
+		exit(run_command(&proc));
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "check usage\n");
 	return 1;