2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/default.nix
index 683f4b9fd04f..cbd1b388ef66 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/default.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ recurseIntoAttrs {
     then callPackage ./references.nix {}
     else null;
   writeCBin = callPackage ./writeCBin.nix {};
+  writeShellApplication = callPackage ./writeShellApplication.nix {};
   writeScriptBin = callPackage ./writeScriptBin.nix {};
   writeShellScript = callPackage ./write-shell-script.nix {};
   writeShellScriptBin = callPackage ./writeShellScriptBin.nix {};
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/writeShellApplication.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/writeShellApplication.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ce6f0720fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/test/writeShellApplication.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+  Run with:
+
+      cd nixpkgs
+      nix-build -A tests.trivial-builders.writeShellApplication
+*/
+
+{ lib, writeShellApplication, runCommand }:
+let
+  pkg = writeShellApplication {
+    name = "test-script";
+    excludeShellChecks = [ "SC2016" ];
+    text = ''
+      echo -e '#!/usr/bin/env bash\n' \
+       'echo "$SHELL"' > /tmp/something.sh  # this line would normally
+                                            # ...cause shellcheck error
+    '';
+  };
+in
+  assert pkg.meta.mainProgram == "test-script";
+  runCommand "test-writeShellApplication" { } ''
+
+    echo Testing if writeShellApplication builds without shellcheck error...
+
+    target=${lib.getExe pkg}
+
+    touch $out
+  ''
+