diff --git a/spec/check_sandbox/echo b/spec/check_sandbox/echo
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3747a7ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/check_sandbox/echo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo $*
diff --git a/spec/check_sandbox/sandboxed_check b/spec/check_sandbox/sandboxed_check
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b720241ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/check_sandbox/sandboxed_check
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# either of these should produce an ok result
+echo $0
+pwd