diff --git a/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/.gitignore b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1824d0c59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/build
+/lakefile.olean
+/lake-packages/*
diff --git a/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/LlvmBitcodeGen.lean b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/LlvmBitcodeGen.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6e6570026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/LlvmBitcodeGen.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- This module serves as the root of the `LlvmBitcodeGen` library.
+-- Import modules here that should be built as part of the library.
+import «LlvmBitcodeGen».Basic
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/LlvmBitcodeGen/Basic.lean b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/LlvmBitcodeGen/Basic.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e99d3a6f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/LlvmBitcodeGen/Basic.lean
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+def hello := "world"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/Main.lean b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/Main.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a790afc37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/Main.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import «LlvmBitcodeGen»
+import Lean
+open Lean
+
+
+def main : IO Unit :=
+  IO.println s!"LLVM backend enabled: '{Lean.Internal.hasLLVMBackend ()}'"
diff --git a/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/clean.sh b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/clean.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e49bce5852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+rm -rf build
+rm -rf lakefile.olean
+rm -rf lake-manifest.json
diff --git a/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/lake-manifest.json b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/lake-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02fd6e331b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/lake-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{"version": 6,
+ "packagesDir": "lake-packages",
+ "packages": [],
+ "name": "«llvm-bitcode-gen»"}
diff --git a/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/lakefile.lean b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/lakefile.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5aacefe3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/lakefile.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import Lake
+import Lean
+open Lean
+open Lake DSL
+
+package «llvm-bitcode-gen» where
+  -- add package configuration options here
+  backend := .llvm
+
+lean_lib «LlvmBitcodeGen» where
+  -- add library configuration options here
+
+@[default_target]
+lean_exe «llvm-bitcode-gen» where
+  root := `Main
+  -- Enables the use of the Lean interpreter by the executable (e.g.,
+  -- `runFrontend`) at the expense of increased binary size on Linux.
+  -- Remove this line if you do not need such functionality.
+  supportInterpreter := true
+
+script hasLLVMBackend do
+  IO.println s!"Lake Lean.Internal.hasLLVMBackend: {Lean.Internal.hasLLVMBackend ()}"
+  return 0
+
diff --git a/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/test.sh b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cc6bf59af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lake/tests/llvm-bitcode-gen/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+LAKE=${LAKE:-../../build/bin/lake}
+
+./clean.sh
+
+# Skip test if we don't have LLVM backend in the Lean toolchain
+if [[ ! $(lean --features) =~ LLVM ]]; then
+  echo "Skipping test: 'lean' does not have LLVM backend enabled"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+$LAKE update
+$LAKE build -v | grep "Main.bc.o" # check that we build using the bitcode object file.
+
+# If we have the LLVM backend, check that the `lakefile.lean` is aware of this.
+lake script run llvm-bitcode-gen/hasLLVMBackend | grep "true"
+
+# If we have the LLVM backend in the Lean toolchain, then we expect this to
+# print `true`, as this queries the same flag that Lake queries to check the presence
+# of the LLVM toolchian.
+./build/bin/llvm-bitcode-gen | grep 'true'
+
+# If we have the LLVM backend, check that lake builds bitcode artefacts.
+test -f build/ir/LlvmBitcodeGen.bc
+test -f build/ir/Main.bc