diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/crates/crate/crate1.tgz b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/crates/crate/crate1.tgz
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diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/crates/crate/crate2.tgz b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/crates/crate/crate2.tgz
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diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/index/cr/crate1/crate1-1.0.0.toml b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/index/cr/crate1/crate1-1.0.0.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61c8709b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/index/cr/crate1/crate1-1.0.0.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+description = "Sample crate"
+name = "crate1"
+version = "1.0.0"
+licenses = []
+maintainers = ["any@bo.dy"]
+maintainers-logins = ["someone"]
+
+[origin."case(os)"."..."]
+url = "file:../../../crates/crate/crate1.tgz"
+hashes = ["sha256:d35efed8325f646652f533fa4094d580cf28bccc9cc1d85751738b446bbed37a"]
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diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/index/cr/crate2/crate2-1.0.0.toml b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/index/cr/crate2/crate2-1.0.0.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..776771516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/index/cr/crate2/crate2-1.0.0.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+description = "Sample crate"
+name = "crate2"
+version = "1.0.0"
+licenses = []
+maintainers = ["any@bo.dy"]
+maintainers-logins = ["someone"]
+
+[origin."case(os)"."..."]
+url = "file:../../../crates/crate/crate2.tgz"
+hashes = ["sha256:8a814f2f0683b3b4db10a1c1e08e951d81de0deff2fa0f70a29295e45184b795"]
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diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/index/index.toml b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/index/index.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2a2c7dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/my_index/index/index.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version = "1.2"
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/independent/test.py b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c55980097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""
+Test installation of two independent crates with `alr install` to verify that
+our deployment system doesn't introduce any conflicts.
+"""
+
+from drivers.alr import run_alr, init_local_crate
+from drivers.asserts import assert_eq, assert_match, assert_installed
+from subprocess import run
+
+import os
+
+
+PREFIX=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "install")
+PREFIX_ARG=f"--prefix={PREFIX}"
+
+# Install both crates one after the other, shouldn't fail
+run_alr("install", PREFIX_ARG, "crate1")
+run_alr("install", PREFIX_ARG, "crate2")
+
+# Check contents of the prefix
+assert_installed(PREFIX, ["crate1=1.0.0", "crate2=1.0.0"])
+
+print('SUCCESS')
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diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/independent/test.yaml b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a859639c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/install/independent/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+driver: python-script
+indexes:
+    my_index:
+        in_fixtures: false
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 50b40e1f5..11effa04c 100644
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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 64f0a36f0..dd47659fa 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 = ["sha256:35cc9636468031e1874fe142a6f40557d3befc6dd26cdded0401f440534f4bd6"]
+hashes = ["sha256:73d1455dd4b49ea598faa939557c15046db6c689552db03fd6a49c57d3cbc1b2"]
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/test.py b/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/test.py
index 64b8b8dcb..43e3bafe5 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/test.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/install/softlinks/test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 """
-Test that binary files containing softlinks can be installed properly
+Test that binary files containing softlinks can be installed properly. The test
+crate contains all kinds of pernicious links (broken, recursive, etc.):
+
+crate
+├── bin -> subdir/bin
+├── broken -> missing
+└── subdir
+    ├── bin
+    │   ├── loop -> ../../subdir
+    │   └── x
+    ├── parent -> ..
+    └── self -> ../subdir
 """
 
 import sys