diff --git a/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/should work as expected b/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/should work as expected
index 7f39197..ef58297 100755
--- a/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/should work as expected	
+++ b/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/should work as expected	
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ die () { echo "$@" ; exit 1; }
 . ../../../nvm.sh
 
 nvm use 0.10.28
+(cd test-npmlink && npm link)
 
-EXPECTED_PACKAGES="autoprefixer bower david eslint grunt-cli grunth-cli http-server jshint marked node-gyp npmlist recursive-blame uglify-js yo"
+EXPECTED_PACKAGES="autoprefixer bower david eslint grunt-cli grunth-cli http-server jshint marked node-gyp npmlist recursive-blame test-npmlink uglify-js yo"
 
 echo "$EXPECTED_PACKAGES" | xargs npm install -g --quiet
 
@@ -22,3 +23,5 @@ FINAL_PACKAGES=$(get_packages)
 
 [ "$FINAL_PACKAGES" = "$EXPECTED_PACKAGES" ] || die "final packages ($FINAL_PACKAGES) did not match expected packages ($EXPECTED_PACKAGES)"
 [ "$ORIGINAL_PACKAGES" != "$FINAL_PACKAGES" ] || die "original packages matched final packages ($ORIGINAL_PACKAGES)"
+
+[ $(test-npmlink) = 'ok' ] || die "failed to run test-npmlink"
diff --git a/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/test-npmlink/index.js b/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/test-npmlink/index.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9558516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/test-npmlink/index.js	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+console.log('ok')
diff --git a/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/test-npmlink/package.json b/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/test-npmlink/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e596ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/slow/nvm reinstall-packages/test-npmlink/package.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "test-npmlink",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "Stub package for testing npm link",
+  "bin": {
+    "test-npmlink": "index.js"
+  },
+  "author": "hax",
+  "license": "ISC"
+}