diff --git a/tests/flakes.sh b/tests/flakes.sh
index 25ba2ac43..9747aba7a 100644
--- a/tests/flakes.sh
+++ b/tests/flakes.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ templatesDir=$TEST_ROOT/templates
 nonFlakeDir=$TEST_ROOT/nonFlake
 flakeA=$TEST_ROOT/flakeA
 flakeB=$TEST_ROOT/flakeB
+flakeGitBare=$TEST_ROOT/flakeGitBare
 
 for repo in $flake1Dir $flake2Dir $flake3Dir $flake7Dir $templatesDir $nonFlakeDir $flakeA $flakeB; do
     rm -rf $repo $repo.tmp
@@ -604,6 +605,11 @@ nix flake update $flake3Dir
 [[ $(jq -c .nodes.flake2.inputs.flake1 $flake3Dir/flake.lock) =~ '["foo"]' ]]
 [[ $(jq .nodes.foo.locked.url $flake3Dir/flake.lock) =~ flake7 ]]
 
+# Test git+file with bare repo.
+rm -rf $flakeGitBare
+git clone --bare $flake1Dir $flakeGitBare
+nix build -o $TEST_ROOT/result git+file://$flakeGitBare
+
 # Test Mercurial flakes.
 rm -rf $flake5Dir
 hg init $flake5Dir