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diff --git a/tests/timeout.sh b/tests/timeout.sh
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+# Test the `--timeout' option.
+
+source common.sh
+
+failed=0
+messages="`nix-build timeout.nix --timeout 2 2>&1 || failed=1`"
+if [ $failed -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "error: \`nix-store' succeeded; should have timed out"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! echo "$messages" | grep -q "timed out"; then
+    echo "error: build may have failed for reasons other than timeout; output:"
+    echo "$messages" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if nix-build timeout.nix --option build-max-log-size 100; then
+    echo "build should have failed"
+    exit 1
+fi