diff --git a/bin/tests/system/tools/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/tools/tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4132d99985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/tools/tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/sh
+# Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+set -e
+
+. ../conf.sh
+
+echo_i "tools must not crash if stdio is closed"
+"$NSUPDATE" 0>&-
+"$NSUPDATE" 0>&- 1>&-
+"$NSUPDATE" 0>&- 1>&- 2>&-
+"$NSUPDATE" 0>&- 2>&-
+"$NSUPDATE" 1>&-
+"$NSUPDATE" 1>&- 2>&-
+"$NSUPDATE" 2>&-
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/tools/tests_sh_tools.py b/bin/tests/system/tools/tests_sh_tools.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b031a8ac70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/tools/tests_sh_tools.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+import pytest
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.extra_artifacts([])
+
+
+def test_tools(run_tests_sh):
+    run_tests_sh()