diff --git a/pkgs/test/default.nix b/pkgs/test/default.nix
index ebf732839cea..4523567a6a80 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/default.nix
@@ -55,4 +55,6 @@ with pkgs;
   trivial-overriding = callPackage ../build-support/trivial-builders/test-overriding.nix {};
 
   writers = callPackage ../build-support/writers/test.nix {};
+
+  dhall = callPackage ./dhall { };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/test/dhall/buildDhallUrl/default.nix b/pkgs/test/dhall/buildDhallUrl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37992c4783b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/dhall/buildDhallUrl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ dhallPackages, lib }:
+
+# This file tests that dhallPackages.buildDhallUrl is able to successfully
+# build a Nix Dhall package for a given remote Dhall import.
+#
+# TODO: It would be nice to extend this test to make sure that the resulting
+# Nix Dhall package is has the expected contents.
+
+dhallPackages.buildDhallUrl {
+  url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cdepillabout/example-dhall-nix/e6a675c72ecd4dd23d254a02aea8181fe875747f/mydhallfile.dhall";
+  hash = "sha256-434x+QjHRzuprBdw0h6wmwB1Zj6yZqQb533me8XdO4c=";
+  dhall-hash = "sha256:e37e31f908c7473ba9ac1770d21eb09b0075663eb266a41be77de67bc5dd3b87";
+  source = true;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/test/dhall/default.nix b/pkgs/test/dhall/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..487e045bab52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/dhall/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ lib, callPackage }:
+
+lib.recurseIntoAttrs {
+  buildDhallUrl = callPackage ./buildDhallUrl { };
+}
+