diff --git a/ci/test b/ci/test
index dd96eac..6b2895c 100755
--- a/ci/test
+++ b/ci/test
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec bazel test "$@" ...
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+bazel test "$@" ...
+
+# /tmp/bazel-zig-cc should be empty for the test below to be valid.
+# This test ensures that github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/13050 does not
+# regress from a "very high"-level perspective.
+find /tmp/bazel-zig-cc -name mutex_destructor.o -execdir file {} \; | \
+    sort | uniq -c | sort -rn > /tmp/got_cache
+
+diff -u ci/testdata/want_cache /tmp/got_cache || {
+    >&2 echo "ERROR: unexpected artifacts."
+    >&2 echo "Was /tmp/bazel-zig-cc empty before the test?"
+}
diff --git a/ci/testdata/want_cache b/ci/testdata/want_cache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a124e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/testdata/want_cache
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+      5 ./mutex_destructor.o: ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
+      3 ./mutex_destructor.o: ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, ARM aarch64, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
+      1 ./mutex_destructor.o: Mach-O 64-bit x86_64 object, flags:<|SUBSECTIONS_VIA_SYMBOLS>