diff --git a/tests/test_blag.py b/tests/test_blag.py
index 72dbf37..91f1ac2 100644
--- a/tests/test_blag.py
+++ b/tests/test_blag.py
@@ -275,6 +275,21 @@ foo bar
     blag.build(args)
 
 
+def test_remove_extra_files(args):
+    # create a file and directory in output dir that have no corresponding
+    # source
+    file_path = f'{args.output_dir}/a'
+    dir_path = f'{args.output_dir}/b'
+    fh = open(file_path, 'w')
+    fh.close()
+    os.mkdir(dir_path)
+
+    blag.build(args)
+
+    assert not os.path.exists(file_path)
+    assert not os.path.exists(dir_path)
+
+
 def test_main(cleandir):
     blag.main(['build'])