diff --git a/pollen/test/data/poly-output-path/pollen.rkt b/pollen/test/data/poly-output-path/pollen.rkt
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+#lang racket/base
+
+(module setup racket/base
+ (provide poly-targets)
+ (define poly-targets '(html txt)))
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diff --git a/pollen/test/data/poly-output-path/test.poly.pm b/pollen/test/data/poly-output-path/test.poly.pm
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+#lang pollen
+
+hello world
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diff --git a/pollen/test/test-poly-output-path.rkt b/pollen/test/test-poly-output-path.rkt
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+#lang at-exp racket/base
+(require rackunit racket/runtime-path pollen/render racket/file racket/system pollen/setup)
+
+;; define-runtime-path only allowed at top level
+(define-runtime-path poly-output-path-dir "data/poly-output-path")
+(define-runtime-path pollen.rkt "data/poly-output-path/pollen.rkt")
+(define-runtime-path test.poly.pm "data/poly-output-path/test.poly.pm")
+(define-runtime-path test.txt "data/poly-output-path/test.txt")
+(define-runtime-path test.html "data/poly-output-path/test.html")
+(define-runtime-path pollen-cache "data/poly-output-path/compiled")
+
+(parameterize ([current-output-port (open-output-string)]
+ [current-directory poly-output-path-dir]
+ [current-project-root poly-output-path-dir])
+
+ (for ([parallel? (list #true #false)])
+ ;; passing "text.txt" as argument should force use of txt rendering
+ (render-batch #:parallel parallel? test.txt)
+ (check-equal? (file->string test.txt) "(root hello world)")
+ (delete-file test.txt)
+ (check-false (file-exists? test.html))
+
+ ;; passing poly source as argument should result in default (html) rendering
+ (render-batch #:parallel parallel? test.poly.pm)
+ (check-equal? (file->string test.html) "hello world")
+ (delete-file test.html)
+ (check-false (file-exists? test.txt))))
+
+(delete-directory/files pollen-cache)
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