diff --git a/tests/templates.bats b/tests/templates.bats
index b5c3dfc49e76fdbc31fc80fb29ceb207f4ecb96e..a9647d25b742e9dcb3499809b868bfc8bab96057 100644
--- a/tests/templates.bats
+++ b/tests/templates.bats
@@ -12,3 +12,10 @@ export name='John'
     run cat "$BATS_TMPDIR/output"
     [ "$output" = "John" ]
 }
+
+@test "Render file in-place" {
+    cp "$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/input" "$BATS_TMPDIR/inplace"
+    template --output "$BATS_TMPDIR/inplace" "$BATS_TMPDIR/inplace"
+    run cat "$BATS_TMPDIR/inplace"
+    [ "$output" = "John" ]
+}