diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/tests.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/tests.rs
index eff5e0337428..27968bea3186 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/tests.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/tests.rs
@@ -515,3 +515,17 @@ fn test_explicit_stage() {
     assert!(!config.explicit_stage_from_config);
     assert!(!config.is_explicit_stage());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_exclude() {
+    let config = parse("build.exclude=[\"test/codegen\"]");
+
+    let first_excluded = config
+        .skip
+        .first()
+        .expect("Expected at least one excluded path")
+        .to_str()
+        .expect("Failed to convert excluded path to string");
+
+    assert_eq!(first_excluded, "test/codegen");
+}