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diff --git a/tests/gc-runtime.sh b/tests/gc-runtime.sh
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+source common.sh
+
+case $system in
+    *linux*)
+        ;;
+    *)
+        exit 0;
+esac
+
+set -m # enable job control, needed for kill
+
+profiles="$NIX_STATE_DIR"/profiles
+rm -rf $profiles
+
+nix-env -p $profiles/test -f ./gc-runtime.nix -i gc-runtime
+
+outPath=$(nix-env -p $profiles/test -q --no-name --out-path gc-runtime)
+echo $outPath
+
+echo "backgrounding program..."
+$profiles/test/program &
+sleep 2 # hack - wait for the program to get started
+child=$!
+echo PID=$child
+
+nix-env -p $profiles/test -e gc-runtime
+nix-env -p $profiles/test --delete-generations old
+
+nix-store --gc
+
+kill -- -$child
+
+if ! test -e $outPath; then
+    echo "running program was garbage collected!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0