diff --git a/nix/bootstrap.nix b/nix/bootstrap.nix
index 1528f2fd9c..00acc55848 100644
--- a/nix/bootstrap.nix
+++ b/nix/bootstrap.nix
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ rec {
           ln -sf ${lean-all}/* .
         '';
         buildPhase = ''
-          ctest --output-on-failure -E 'leancomptest_(doc_example|foreign)' -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES
+          ctest --output-on-failure -E 'leancomptest_(doc_example|foreign)|laketest' -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES
         '';
         installPhase = ''
           touch $out
diff --git a/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
index 005f20f323..b6ad916c5c 100644
--- a/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,3 +202,10 @@ add_test(NAME leanpkgtest_user_attr_app
            export PATH=${LEAN_BIN}:$PATH
            find . -name '*.olean' -delete
            leanmake bin LINK_OPTS='${LEAN_DYN_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}' && build/bin/UserAttr")
+
+add_test(NAME laketest
+         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${LEAN_SOURCE_DIR}/lake/examples"
+         COMMAND bash -c "
+           set -eu
+           export PATH=${LEAN_BIN}:$PATH
+           make LAKE=lake test")