diff --git a/tests/check_yaml_test.py b/tests/check_yaml_test.py
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+
+import pytest
+
+from pre_commit_hooks.check_yaml import check_yaml
+from testing.util import get_resource_path
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(('filename', 'expected_retval'), (
+    ('bad_yaml.notyaml', 1),
+    ('ok_yaml.yaml', 0),
+))
+def test_check_yaml(filename, expected_retval):
+    ret = check_yaml([get_resource_path(filename)])
+    assert ret == expected_retval