diff --git a/test/standalone/build.zig.zon b/test/standalone/build.zig.zon
index 072bcd0309cf4decce854badf096994606a1e550..0314bc23ef96091c368cdcb20649c5567aedd92c 100644
--- a/test/standalone/build.zig.zon
+++ b/test/standalone/build.zig.zon
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@
         .debug_io_color = .{
             .path = "debug_io_color",
         },
+        .elf2 = .{
+            .path = "elf2",
+        },
     },
     .paths = .{
         "build.zig",
diff --git a/test/standalone/elf2/build.zig b/test/standalone/elf2/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d25c04eb3a446a8cb5db8d07222105775e126da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/elf2/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+pub fn build(b: *Build) void {
+    const test_step = b.step("test", "Test the new ELF linker");
+    b.default_step = test_step;
+
+    if (b.graph.host.result.cpu.arch == .x86_64 and b.graph.host.result.os.tag == .linux) {
+        addOne(b, test_step, b.graph.host, false, .static, "elf2-hello-native-selfhosted-static");
+        addOne(b, test_step, b.graph.host, false, .dynamic, "elf2-hello-native-selfhosted-dynamic");
+        addOne(b, test_step, b.graph.host, true, .static, "elf2-hello-native-llvm-static");
+        addOne(b, test_step, b.graph.host, true, .dynamic, "elf2-hello-native-llvm-dynamic");
+    }
+
+    const x86_64_linux_target: Build.ResolvedTarget = b.resolveTargetQuery(.{
+        .cpu_arch = .x86_64,
+        .os_tag = .linux,
+    });
+    addOne(b, test_step, x86_64_linux_target, false, .static, "elf2-hello-selfhosted-static");
+    addOne(b, test_step, x86_64_linux_target, true, .static, "elf2-hello-llvm-static");
+}
+
+fn addOne(
+    b: *Build,
+    test_step: *Build.Step,
+    target: Build.ResolvedTarget,
+    use_llvm: bool,
+    link_mode: std.lang.LinkMode,
+    name: []const u8,
+) void {
+    const mod = b.createModule(.{
+        .root_source_file = b.path("hello.zig"),
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = .Debug,
+        .link_libc = link_mode == .dynamic,
+    });
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = name,
+        .root_module = mod,
+        .linkage = link_mode,
+    });
+    exe.use_new_linker = true;
+    exe.use_llvm = use_llvm;
+
+    const run = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
+    run.expectExitCode(0);
+    run.expectStdOutEqual("Hello, World!\n");
+    run.skip_foreign_checks = true;
+
+    test_step.dependOn(&run.step);
+}
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const Build = std.Build;
diff --git a/test/standalone/elf2/hello.zig b/test/standalone/elf2/hello.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8ac9329446e86ca6711af740bd8213be0b89bb21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/elf2/hello.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
+    const stdout: std.Io.File = .stdout();
+    try stdout.writeStreamingAll(init.io, "Hello, World!\n");
+}
+
+const std = @import("std");