diff --git a/src/libutil/tests/tests.cc b/src/libutil/tests/tests.cc
index 6e325db98..250e83a38 100644
--- a/src/libutil/tests/tests.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/tests/tests.cc
@@ -311,6 +311,42 @@ namespace nix {
         ASSERT_THROW(base64Decode("cXVvZCBlcm_0IGRlbW9uc3RyYW5kdW0="), Error);
     }
 
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * getLine
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    TEST(getLine, all) {
+        {
+            auto [line, rest] = getLine("foo\nbar\nxyzzy");
+            ASSERT_EQ(line, "foo");
+            ASSERT_EQ(rest, "bar\nxyzzy");
+        }
+
+        {
+            auto [line, rest] = getLine("foo\r\nbar\r\nxyzzy");
+            ASSERT_EQ(line, "foo");
+            ASSERT_EQ(rest, "bar\r\nxyzzy");
+        }
+
+        {
+            auto [line, rest] = getLine("foo\n");
+            ASSERT_EQ(line, "foo");
+            ASSERT_EQ(rest, "");
+        }
+
+        {
+            auto [line, rest] = getLine("foo");
+            ASSERT_EQ(line, "foo");
+            ASSERT_EQ(rest, "");
+        }
+
+        {
+            auto [line, rest] = getLine("");
+            ASSERT_EQ(line, "");
+            ASSERT_EQ(rest, "");
+        }
+    }
+
     /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      * toLower
      * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/