diff --git a/pkgs/test/stdenv/default.nix b/pkgs/test/stdenv/default.nix
index c9653b324eb9..b27fc25356a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/stdenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/stdenv/default.nix
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ in
 
 {
   # tests for hooks in `stdenv.defaultNativeBuildInputs`
-  hooks = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (import ./hooks.nix { stdenv = bootStdenv; });
+  hooks = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (import ./hooks.nix { stdenv = bootStdenv; pkgs = earlyPkgs; });
 
   test-env-attrset = testEnvAttrset { name = "test-env-attrset"; stdenv' = bootStdenv; };
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ in
 
   structuredAttrsByDefault = lib.recurseIntoAttrs {
 
-    hooks = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (import ./hooks.nix { stdenv = bootStdenvStructuredAttrsByDefault; });
+    hooks = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (import ./hooks.nix { stdenv = bootStdenvStructuredAttrsByDefault; pkgs = earlyPkgs; });
 
     test-cc-wrapper-substitutions = ccWrapperSubstitutionsTest {
       name = "test-cc-wrapper-substitutions-structuredAttrsByDefault";
diff --git a/pkgs/test/stdenv/hooks.nix b/pkgs/test/stdenv/hooks.nix
index f63ca054e083..de6b294fc847 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/stdenv/hooks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/stdenv/hooks.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv }:
+{ stdenv, pkgs }:
 
 # ordering should match defaultNativeBuildInputs
 
@@ -32,4 +32,99 @@
       ([[ $(readlink $destination1) == "../bar/foo" ]] && echo "absolute symlink was made relative") || (echo "symlink was not made relative" && exit 1)
     '';
   };
+  compress-man-pages =
+    let
+      manFile = pkgs.writeText "small-man" ''
+        .TH HELLO "1" "May 2022" "hello 2.12.1" "User Commands"
+        .SH NAME
+        hello - friendly greeting program
+      '';
+    in
+    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "test-compress-man-pages";
+      buildCommand = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/share/man
+        cp ${manFile} $out/share/man/small-man.1
+        compressManPages $out
+        [[ -e $out/share/man/small-man.1.gz ]]
+      '';
+    };
+
+  # TODO: add strip
+  # TODO: move patch-shebangs test from pkgs/test/patch-shebangs/default.nix to here
+  prune-libtool-files =
+    let
+      libFoo = pkgs.writeText "libFoo" ''
+        # Generated by libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.6
+        old_library='''
+        dependency_libs=' -Lbar.la -Lbaz.la'
+      '';
+    in
+    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "test-prune-libtool-files";
+      buildCommand = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/lib
+        cp ${libFoo} $out/lib/libFoo.la
+        _pruneLibtoolFiles
+        grep "^dependency_libs=''' #pruned" $out/lib/libFoo.la
+        # confirm file doesn't only contain the above
+        grep "^old_library='''" $out/lib/libFoo.la
+      '';
+    };
+  # TODO: add audit-tmpdir
+  # TODO: add multiple-outputs
+  move-sbin = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "test-move-sbin";
+    buildCommand = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/sbin
+      touch $out/sbin/foo
+      cat $out/sbin/foo
+
+      _moveSbin
+
+      # check symlink
+      [[ -h $out/sbin ]]
+      ([[ -e $out/sbin ]] && echo "symlink isn't broken") || (echo "symlink is broken" && exit 1)
+      [[ -e $out/bin/foo ]]
+    '';
+  };
+
+  move-lib64 = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "test-move-lib64";
+    buildCommand = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/lib64
+      touch $out/lib64/foo
+      cat $out/lib64/foo
+
+      _moveLib64
+
+      # check symlink
+      [[ -h $out/lib64 ]]
+      ([[ -e $out/lib64 ]] && echo "symlink isn't broken") || (echo "symlink is broken" && exit 1)
+      [[ -e $out/lib/foo ]]
+    '';
+  };
+
+  set-source-date-epoch-to-latest = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "test-set-source-date-epoch-to-latest";
+    buildCommand = ''
+      sourceRoot=$NIX_BUILD_TOP/source
+      mkdir -p $sourceRoot
+      touch --date=1/1/2015 $sourceRoot/foo
+
+      _updateSourceDateEpochFromSourceRoot
+
+      [[ $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH == "1420070400" ]]
+      touch $out
+    '';
+  };
+
+  reproducible-builds = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "test-reproducible-builds";
+    buildCommand = ''
+      # can't be tested more precisely because the value of random-seed changes depending on the output
+      [[ $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE =~ "-frandom-seed=" ]]
+      touch $out
+    '';
+  };
 }