diff --git a/tests/testthat/packages/cereal/DESCRIPTION b/tests/testthat/packages/cereal/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Package: cereal
+Type: Package
+Version: 2.0.0
+Repository: testrepo
+License: GPL
+Description: Packrat test package
+Title: Packrat test package
+Author: Anonymous Person <Anonymous@rstudio.org>
+Maintainer: Anonymous Person <Anonymous@rstudio.org>
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/packages/yogurt/DESCRIPTION b/tests/testthat/packages/yogurt/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/tests/testthat/packages/yogurt/DESCRIPTION
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Package: yogurt
+Type: Package
+Version: 2.0.0
+License: GPL
+Description: Packrat test package
+Title: Packrat test package
+Author: Anonymous Person <Anonymous@rstudio.org>
+Maintainer: Anonymous Person <Anonymous@rstudio.org>
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/projects/breakfastcereal/.gitignore b/tests/testthat/projects/breakfastcereal/.gitignore
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+++ b/tests/testthat/projects/breakfastcereal/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+packrat/lib*/
+packrat/src/
diff --git a/tests/testthat/projects/breakfastcereal/packrat/packrat.lock b/tests/testthat/projects/breakfastcereal/packrat/packrat.lock
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+++ b/tests/testthat/projects/breakfastcereal/packrat/packrat.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+PackratFormat: 1.4
+PackratVersion: 0.4.8.1
+RVersion: 3.3.2
+Repos: CRAN=https://mirrors.nics.utk.edu/cran/,
+    testrepo=file:///home/carendt/r/packrat/tests/testthat/repo
+
+Package: cereal
+Source: testrepo
+Version: 1.0.0
+Hash: f5ddaf46bcdd03014f8daa586a84b69f
diff --git a/tests/testthat/projects/breakfastyogurt/yogurt.R b/tests/testthat/projects/breakfastyogurt/yogurt.R
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+++ b/tests/testthat/projects/breakfastyogurt/yogurt.R
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+library(yogurt)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/repo/src/contrib/cereal/cereal_1.0.0.tar.gz b/tests/testthat/repo/src/contrib/cereal/cereal_1.0.0.tar.gz
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diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-local-repositories.R b/tests/testthat/test-local-repositories.R
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--- a/tests/testthat/test-local-repositories.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-local-repositories.R
@@ -26,4 +26,30 @@ withTestContext({
     })
   })
 
+  test_that("packrat::restore can load an old version", {
+    skip('restore cannot load an old local version')
+
+    projRoot <- cloneTestProject('breakfastcereal')
+    repos <- getOption('repos')
+    options(repos = c(testrepo = paste0("file:///", normalizePath("repo"))))
+
+    ## Should be no warnings
+    expect_warning(packrat::restore(projRoot, restart=FALSE), regexp=NA)
+
+    options(repos = repos)
+  })
+
+  test_that("packrat can load packages without a repository label", {
+    skip('packrat requires a repository label')
+
+    projRoot <- cloneTestProject('breakfastyogurt')
+    repos <- getOption('repos')
+    options(repos = c(testrepo = paste0("file:///", normalizePath("repo"))))
+
+    ## Should be no warnings
+    expect_warning(packrat::init(projRoot, enter=FALSE), regexp=NA)
+
+    options(repos=repos)
+  })
+
 })