diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 9cf74d71..0470bc04 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -96,4 +96,15 @@ filegroup(
     repository = "@nixpkgs",
 )
 
+nixpkgs_package(
+    name = "relative-imports",
+    attribute_path = "hello",
+    nix_file = "//tests:relative_imports.nix",
+    nix_file_deps = [
+        "//:nixpkgs.nix",
+        "//tests:relative_imports/nixpkgs.nix",
+    ],
+    repository = "@nixpkgs",
+)
+
 nixpkgs_cc_configure(repository = "@remote_nixpkgs")
diff --git a/tests/BUILD.bazel b/tests/BUILD.bazel
index 68e4f4c5..ef6e2fea 100644
--- a/tests/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tests/BUILD.bazel
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package(default_testonly = 1)
         "nix-file-test",
         "nix-file-deps-test",
         "nixpkgs-git-repository-test",
+        "relative-imports",
     ]
 ] + [
     # These tests use the nix package generated by ./output.nix
diff --git a/tests/relative_imports.nix b/tests/relative_imports.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67f4b6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/relative_imports.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{ system ? builtins.currentSystem
+, pkgs ? import relative_imports/nixpkgs.nix { inherit system; config = {}; overlays = []; }
+}:
+{ inherit (pkgs) hello; }
diff --git a/tests/relative_imports/nixpkgs.nix b/tests/relative_imports/nixpkgs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40391a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/relative_imports/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import ../../nixpkgs.nix