diff --git a/tests/functional2/lang/builtins.readFileType/__init__.py b/tests/functional2/lang/builtins.readFileType/__init__.py
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index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-readFileType.exp b/tests/functional2/lang/builtins.readFileType/eval-okay.out.exp
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rename from tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-readFileType.exp
rename to tests/functional2/lang/builtins.readFileType/eval-okay.out.exp
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-readFileType.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/builtins.readFileType/in.nix
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rename from tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-readFileType.nix
rename to tests/functional2/lang/builtins.readFileType/in.nix
diff --git a/tests/functional2/lang/builtins.readFileType/test_read_file_type.py b/tests/functional2/lang/builtins.readFileType/test_read_file_type.py
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+++ b/tests/functional2/lang/builtins.readFileType/test_read_file_type.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from functional2.lang.test_lang import test_eval as nix_eval
+from functional2.testlib.fixtures.file_helper import (
+    with_files,
+    CopyFile,
+    Symlink,
+    AssetSymlink,
+    File,
+)
+from functional2.testlib.fixtures.nix import Nix
+from functional2.testlib.fixtures.snapshot import Snapshot
+
+
+@with_files(
+    {
+        "readDir": {
+            "foo": {},
+            "ldir": Symlink("./foo"),
+            "bar": File(""),
+            "linked": Symlink("./bar"),
+        },
+        "in.nix": CopyFile("in.nix"),
+        "out.exp": AssetSymlink("eval-okay.out.exp"),
+    }
+)
+def test_read_file_type(files: Path, nix: Nix, snapshot: Callable[[str], Snapshot]):
+    nix_eval(files, nix, [], snapshot)