diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/my_index/crate-0.1.0.tgz b/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/my_index/crate-0.1.0.tgz
index 11effa04c..233270e6a 100644
Binary files a/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/my_index/crate-0.1.0.tgz and b/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/my_index/crate-0.1.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/my_index/index/cr/crate/crate-0.1.0.toml b/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/my_index/index/cr/crate/crate-0.1.0.toml
index dd47659fa..d2c6b2f02 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/my_index/index/cr/crate/crate-0.1.0.toml
+++ b/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/my_index/index/cr/crate/crate-0.1.0.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ executables=['main']
 
 [origin.'case(os)'.'...']
 url = "file:../../../crate-0.1.0.tgz"
-hashes = ["sha256:73d1455dd4b49ea598faa939557c15046db6c689552db03fd6a49c57d3cbc1b2"]
+hashes = ["sha256:f3bd6b531710b41c9d62144b5a29fa0b4b78ab553c29957f41d4ca9075f5b0b8"]
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/test.py b/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/test.py
index 43e3bafe5..d927d00e5 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/test.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/test.py
@@ -2,21 +2,43 @@
 Test that binary files containing softlinks can be installed properly. The test
 crate contains all kinds of pernicious links (broken, recursive, etc.):
 
-crate
+crate/
 ├── bin -> subdir/bin
 ├── broken -> missing
+├── lib
+│   ├── mock.so -> mock.so.0.0
+│   ├── mock.so.0 -> mock.so.0.0
+│   ├── mock.so.0.0
+│   ├── zzz.so -> mock.so
+│   └── zzz.so.0 -> mock.so
+├── order
+│   ├── ab -> b
+│   ├── af -> d/f
+│   ├── b
+│   ├── cb -> b
+│   ├── d
+│   │   └── f
+│   └── zf -> d/f
 └── subdir
     ├── bin
     │   ├── loop -> ../../subdir
     │   └── x
     ├── parent -> ..
     └── self -> ../subdir
+
 """
 
+import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 
-from drivers.alr import run_alr
-from drivers.helpers import on_windows
+from drivers.alr import crate_dirname, run_alr
+from drivers.asserts import assert_contents
+from drivers.helpers import contents, on_windows
+
+
+def kind(file):
+    return (os.path.isfile(file), os.path.islink(file), os.path.isdir(file))
 
 
 # Does not apply to Windows as it does not support softlinks
@@ -27,5 +49,32 @@
 # This command should succeed normally
 run_alr("install", "--prefix=install", "crate")
 
+# Contents should be identical. For that, we first untar the crate and then
+# directly compare with the destination.
+
+run_alr("get", "crate") # This merely untars and moves the whole dir in one step,
+                        # so contents are not modified.
+cratedir = crate_dirname("crate")
+os.chdir(cratedir)
+shutil.rmtree("alire")  # Created by get
+os.remove("alire.toml") # Created by get
+items = contents(".")   # Contents of the original crate
+os.chdir("..")
+os.chdir("install")     # Contents of the install prefix
+
+for item in items:
+    orig = f"../{cratedir}/{item}"
+    whatis = kind(orig)
+    if os.path.islink(orig) and os.path.isdir(orig):
+        continue # We aren't yet able to copy those
+    if not os.path.exists (orig):
+        continue # Broken links, we don't copy them at all
+    assert os.path.exists(item), f"Missing expected entry {item}: {whatis}')"
+    assert kind(item) == kind(orig), \
+        f"Unexpected kind for {item}: {kind(item)} != {kind(orig)}"
+
+# Cleanup
+os.chdir("..")
+shutil.rmtree(cratedir)
 
 print('SUCCESS')