diff --git a/test/parallel/test-npm-install.js b/test/parallel/test-npm-install.js
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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+
+const path = require('path');
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+common.refreshTmpDir();
+
+const npmPath = path.join(
+  common.testDir,
+  '..',
+  'deps',
+  'npm',
+  'bin',
+  'npm-cli.js'
+);
+
+const args = [
+  npmPath,
+  'install'
+];
+
+const pkgContent = '{}';
+
+const pkgPath = path.join(common.tmpDir, 'package.json');
+
+fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, pkgContent);
+
+const proc = spawn(process.execPath, args, {
+  cwd: common.tmpDir
+});
+
+function handleExit(code, signalCode) {
+  assert.equal(code, 0, 'npm install should run without an error');
+  assert.ok(signalCode === null, 'signalCode should be null');
+}
+
+proc.on('exit', common.mustCall(handleExit));