diff --git a/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/build.sh b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1070cc32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+TEST_FILE="data/test.py"
+
+if [[ ! -f $TEST_FILE ]] ; then
+    echo "data/test.py is missing"
+    ls -al
+    exit 1
+else
+    install $TEST_FILE $PREFIX/bin
+fi
diff --git a/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/conda_build_config.yaml b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/conda_build_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66accbad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+python:
+  - 3.9
+  - 3.10
diff --git a/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/data/test.py b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/data/test.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..367fec58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/data/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+print("Hello")
diff --git a/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/recipe.yaml b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/recipe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a464da10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/recipe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+context:
+  name: test_simple_variants
+  version: 0.0.0
+
+package:
+  name: '{{ name|lower }}'
+  version: '{{ version }}'
+
+source:
+  - path: data
+    folder: data
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - python
+  run:
+    - python
+
+build:
+  number: 0
diff --git a/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/run_test.sh b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/run_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..174c27b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recipes-v2/python_variants/run_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+test.py
diff --git a/tests/test_boa_build.py b/tests/test_boa_build.py
index 97b7a3f4..5655c5c8 100644
--- a/tests/test_boa_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_boa_build.py
@@ -76,3 +76,9 @@ def test_build_with_script_env(tmp_path: Path):
         assert key1 == "KEY1_RANDOM_VALUE"
         key2 = fin.extractfile("key2.txt").read().decode("utf8").strip()
         assert key2 == "JUST A VALUE"
+
+
+def test_build_variant():
+    recipe = recipes_dir / "python_variants"
+    variant_file = recipe / "conda_build_config.yaml"
+    check_call(["boa", "build", "-m", variant_file, recipe])