diff --git a/test/default.nix b/test/default.nix
index 9ca3cbb580..fe302acc1f 100644
--- a/test/default.nix
+++ b/test/default.nix
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ let
     plugin = callTest ./plugin {};
     supported-languages = callTest ./supported-langauges {};
     js-template-haskell = callTest ./js-template-haskell {};
+    embed-file = callTest ./embed-file {};
     gi-gtk = callTest ./gi-gtk { inherit util; };
     literate-haskell = callTest ./literate-haskell {};
     unit = unitTests;
diff --git a/test/embed-file/CHANGELOG.md b/test/embed-file/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c35d9764dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/embed-file/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Revision history for embed-file
+
+## 0.1.0.0 -- YYYY-mm-dd
+
+* First version. Released on an unsuspecting world.
diff --git a/test/embed-file/LICENSE b/test/embed-file/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0baef6039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/embed-file/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2024 Hamish Mackenzie
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/test/embed-file/app/Main.hs b/test/embed-file/app/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b69e38f27e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/embed-file/app/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+module Main where
+
+import Control.Monad (unless)
+import qualified Data.Text as T (pack)
+import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
+import System.Exit (exitFailure)
+import Data.FileEmbed (embedFile, makeRelativeToProject)
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  let test = $(makeRelativeToProject "app/test.txt" >>= embedFile)
+  unless (test == encodeUtf8 (T.pack "Hello World\n")) $ do
+    putStrLn $ "Embedded content was : " <> show test
+    exitFailure
diff --git a/test/embed-file/app/test.txt b/test/embed-file/app/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..557db03de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/embed-file/app/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello World
diff --git a/test/embed-file/default.nix b/test/embed-file/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb7b931db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/embed-file/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Test that embedFile function for the file-embed package works
+{ stdenv, lib, project', haskellLib, recurseIntoAttrs, testSrc, compiler-nix-name, evalPackages, buildPackages }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  project = project' {
+    inherit compiler-nix-name evalPackages;
+    src = testSrc "embed-file";
+    cabalProjectLocal = builtins.readFile ../cabal.project.local
+      + lib.optionalString (haskellLib.isCrossHost && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) ''
+        constraints: text -simdutf
+    '';
+  };
+
+  packages = project.hsPkgs;
+
+in recurseIntoAttrs rec {
+  meta.disabled = stdenv.hostPlatform.isGhcjs
+    # Could not load 'filezmembedzm0zi0zi16zi0zmL8bqDH6rAX64X4nLQOoPcy_DataziFileEmbed_makeRelativeToProject_closure', dependency unresolved. See top entry above.
+    || (builtins.elem compiler-nix-name ["ghc928"] && !haskellLib.isCrossHost && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl)
+    # /build/source-test-embed-file-root-test-embed-file-exe-embed-file-root/test/embed-file/app: getDirectoryContents:openDirStream: invalid argument (Invalid argument)
+    || (builtins.elem compiler-nix-name ["ghc928"] && haskellLib.isCrossHost && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl)
+    # Failed to lookup symbol: __aarch64_swp8_acq_rel
+    || (builtins.elem compiler-nix-name ["ghc947" "ghc948"] && haskellLib.isCrossHost && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64)
+    ;
+
+  ifdInputs = {
+    inherit (project) plan-nix;
+  };
+
+  build = packages.embed-file.components.exes.embed-file;
+  check = haskellLib.check build;
+  # build-profiled = packages.embed-file.components.exes.embed-file.profiled;
+  # check-profiled = haskellLib.check build-profiled;
+}
diff --git a/test/embed-file/embed-file.cabal b/test/embed-file/embed-file.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90c2305d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/embed-file/embed-file.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+cabal-version:      3.4
+name:               embed-file
+version:            0.1.0.0
+-- synopsis:
+-- description:
+license:            MIT
+license-file:       LICENSE
+author:             Hamish Mackenzie
+maintainer:         Hamish.K.Mackenzie@gmail.com
+-- copyright:
+category:           Testing
+build-type:         Simple
+extra-doc-files:    CHANGELOG.md
+-- extra-source-files:
+
+common warnings
+    ghc-options: -Wall
+
+executable embed-file
+    import:           warnings
+    main-is:          Main.hs
+    -- other-modules:
+    -- other-extensions:
+    build-depends:    base, file-embed, text
+    hs-source-dirs:   app
+    default-language: Haskell2010