diff --git a/tests/check_symlinks_test.py b/tests/check_symlinks_test.py
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+++ b/tests/check_symlinks_test.py
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+import pytest
+
+from pre_commit_hooks.check_symlinks import check_symlinks
+from testing.util import get_resource_path
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(('filename', 'expected_retval'), (
+    ('broken_symlink', 1),
+    ('working_symlink', 0),
+))
+def test_check_symlinks(filename, expected_retval):
+    ret = check_symlinks([get_resource_path(filename)])
+    assert ret == expected_retval