diff --git a/test/hooks.bats b/test/hooks.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..738c55ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hooks.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load test_helper
+
+create_hook() {
+  mkdir -p "$1/$2"
+  touch "$1/$2/$3"
+}
+
+@test "prints usage help given no argument" {
+  run rbenv-hooks
+  assert_failure "Usage: rbenv hooks <command>"
+}
+
+@test "prints list of hooks" {
+  path1="${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/rbenv.d"
+  path2="${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/etc/rbenv_hooks"
+  create_hook "$path1" exec "hello.bash"
+  create_hook "$path1" exec "ahoy.bash"
+  create_hook "$path1" exec "invalid.sh"
+  create_hook "$path1" which "boom.bash"
+  create_hook "$path2" exec "bueno.bash"
+
+  RBENV_HOOK_PATH="$path1:$path2" run rbenv-hooks exec
+  assert_success
+  assert_line 0 "${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/rbenv.d/exec/ahoy.bash"
+  assert_line 1 "${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/rbenv.d/exec/hello.bash"
+  assert_line 2 "${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/etc/rbenv_hooks/exec/bueno.bash"
+}
+
+@test "resolves relative paths" {
+  path="${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/rbenv.d"
+  create_hook "$path" exec "hello.bash"
+  mkdir -p "$HOME"
+
+  RBENV_HOOK_PATH="${HOME}/../rbenv.d" run rbenv-hooks exec
+  assert_success "${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/rbenv.d/exec/hello.bash"
+}
diff --git a/test/test_helper.bash b/test/test_helper.bash
index 7d52e442..85e8853b 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.bash
+++ b/test/test_helper.bash
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ teardown() {
 }
 
 flunk() {
-  echo "$@" | sed "s:${RBENV_ROOT}:\$RBENV_ROOT:" >&2
+  { if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then cat -
+    else echo "$@"
+    fi
+  } | sed "s:${RBENV_TEST_DIR}:TEST_DIR:" >&2
   return 1
 }
 
@@ -35,18 +38,27 @@ assert_failure() {
   fi
 }
 
-assert_output() {
-  if [ "$output" != "$1" ]; then
-    flunk "expected: $1"      || true
-    flunk "got:      $output"
+assert_equal() {
+  if [ "$1" != "$2" ]; then
+    { echo "expected: $1"
+      echo "actual:   $2"
+    } | flunk
   fi
 }
 
+assert_output() {
+  assert_equal "$1" "$output"
+}
+
 assert_line() {
-  for line in "${lines[@]}"; do
-    if [ "$line" = "$1" ]; then return 0; fi
-  done
-  flunk "expected line \`$1'"
+  if [ "$1" -ge 0 ] 2>/dev/null; then
+    assert_equal "$2" "${lines[$1]}"
+  else
+    for line in "${lines[@]}"; do
+      if [ "$line" = "$1" ]; then return 0; fi
+    done
+    flunk "expected line \`$1'"
+  fi
 }
 
 refute_line() {