diff --git a/t/jobs/empty-dir-builder.sh b/t/jobs/empty-dir-builder.sh
index addc7ef6..949216e0 100755
--- a/t/jobs/empty-dir-builder.sh
+++ b/t/jobs/empty-dir-builder.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+# Workaround for https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/6051
+echo "some output"
+
 mkdir $out