diff --git a/test/shell/test_toolchain.sh b/test/shell/test_toolchain.sh
index 90e2c0ab7..835f318d8 100755
--- a/test/shell/test_toolchain.sh
+++ b/test/shell/test_toolchain.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,13 @@ java_toolchain_javacopts_are_used(){
       --verbose_failures //test_expect_failure/compilers_javac_opts:can_configure_jvm_flags_for_javac_via_javacopts
 }
 
+java_toolchain_javacopts_can_be_overridden(){
+  action_should_fail_with_message \
+    "invalid target release: InvalidTarget" \
+    build \
+      --verbose_failures //test_expect_failure/compilers_javac_opts:can_override_default_toolchain_flags_for_javac_via_javacopts
+}
+
 $runner test_scalaopts_from_scala_toolchain
 $runner java_toolchain_javacopts_are_used
+$runner java_toolchain_javacopts_can_be_overridden
diff --git a/test_expect_failure/compilers_javac_opts/BUILD b/test_expect_failure/compilers_javac_opts/BUILD
index 964e748df..1b076af3d 100644
--- a/test_expect_failure/compilers_javac_opts/BUILD
+++ b/test_expect_failure/compilers_javac_opts/BUILD
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ scala_library(
     name = "can_configure_jvm_flags_for_javac_via_javacopts",
     srcs = ["WillNotCompileSinceJavaToolchainAddsAnInvalidJvmFlag.java"],
 )
+
+scala_library(
+    name = "can_override_default_toolchain_flags_for_javac_via_javacopts",
+    srcs = ["WillNotCompileSinceJavaToolchainAddsAnInvalidJvmFlag.java"],
+    javacopts = ["-target InvalidTarget"]
+)