diff --git a/test/test_wheel_tag.py b/test/test_wheel_tag.py
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+import pytest
+
+from . import test_projects, utils
+
+basic_project = test_projects.new_c_project()
+
+
+def test_wheel_tag_is_correct_when_using_macosx_deployment_target(tmp_path):
+    if utils.platform != "macos":
+        pytest.skip("This test is only relevant to MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET")
+
+    project_dir = tmp_path / "project"
+    basic_project.generate(project_dir)
+
+    # build the wheels
+    deployment_target = "10.11"
+    actual_wheels = utils.cibuildwheel_run(
+        project_dir,
+        add_env={
+            "CIBW_BUILD": "cp39-*",
+            "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET": deployment_target,
+        },
+    )
+
+    # check that the expected wheels are produced
+    expected_wheels = utils.expected_wheels(
+        "spam", "0.1.0", macosx_deployment_target=deployment_target
+    )
+    expected_wheels = [w for w in expected_wheels if "cp39" in w]
+
+    print("actual_wheels", actual_wheels)
+    print("expected_wheels", expected_wheels)
+
+    assert set(actual_wheels) == set(expected_wheels)