diff --git a/tests/ca/substitute.sh b/tests/ca/substitute.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79a6ef8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ca/substitute.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Ensure that binary substitution works properly with ca derivations
+
+source common.sh
+
+sed -i 's/experimental-features .*/& ca-derivations ca-references/' "$NIX_CONF_DIR"/nix.conf
+
+export REMOTE_STORE=file://$TEST_ROOT/binary_cache
+
+buildDrvs () {
+    nix build --file ./content-addressed.nix -L --no-link "$@"
+}
+
+# Populate the remote cache
+buildDrvs --post-build-hook ../push-to-store.sh
+
+# Restart the build on an empty store, ensuring that we don't build
+clearStore
+buildDrvs --substitute --substituters $REMOTE_STORE --no-require-sigs -j0
+
diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
index 07cfd7a50..e17555051 100644
--- a/tests/local.mk
+++ b/tests/local.mk
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ nix_tests = \
   build.sh \
   compute-levels.sh \
   ca/build.sh \
-  ca/nix-copy.sh
+  ca/nix-copy.sh \
+  ca/substitute.sh
   # parallel.sh
 
 install-tests += $(foreach x, $(nix_tests), tests/$(x))
diff --git a/tests/push-to-store.sh b/tests/push-to-store.sh
index 6aadb916b..25352c751 100755
--- a/tests/push-to-store.sh
+++ b/tests/push-to-store.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-echo Pushing "$@" to "$REMOTE_STORE"
-printf "%s" "$OUT_PATHS" | xargs -d: nix copy --to "$REMOTE_STORE" --no-require-sigs
+set -x
+
+echo Pushing "$OUT_PATHS" to "$REMOTE_STORE"
+printf "%s" "$DRV_PATH" | xargs nix copy --to "$REMOTE_STORE" --no-require-sigs