diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_bash.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_bash.py
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+import os
+
+import infra.basetest
+
+
+class TestBash(infra.basetest.BRTest):
+    config = \
+        """
+        BR2_arm=y
+        BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+        BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
+        BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST=""
+        BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_BASH=y
+        BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
+        # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
+        """
+
+    def test_run(self):
+        cpio_file = os.path.join(self.builddir, "images", "rootfs.cpio")
+        self.emulator.boot(arch="armv5",
+                           kernel="builtin",
+                           options=["-initrd", cpio_file])
+        self.emulator.login()
+
+        # Check that we are indeed not (yet) running bash
+        out, _ = self.emulator.run('echo "${BASH}"')
+        self.assertEqual(out[0], "", "Already running bash instead of busybox' sh")
+
+        self.assertRunOk("bash -il")
+        # Twist! The above command is still runing, it's just that
+        # bash did display the prompt we expect. Check we are indeed
+        # actually bash
+        out, _ = self.emulator.run('echo "${BASH}"')
+        self.assertEqual(out[0], "/bin/bash", "Not running bash")
+        # Exit bash, back to busybox' shell
+        self.emulator.run("exit 0")
+
+        # Check that we are indeed no longer running bash
+        out, _ = self.emulator.run('echo "${BASH}"')
+        self.assertEqual(out[0], "", "Still running bash instead of busybox' sh")
+
+        # Try to run with a non-available locale
+        self.assertRunOk("LC_ALL=en_US bash -il")
+        out, _ = self.emulator.run('echo "${BASH}"')
+        self.assertEqual(out[0], "/bin/bash", "Not running bash")
+        self.emulator.run("exit 0")