--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+test_description="online help"
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'notmuch --help' 'notmuch --help'
+test_expect_success 'notmuch help' 'notmuch help'
+test_expect_success 'notmuch --version' 'notmuch --version'
+
+if ${TEST_DIRECTORY}/have-man; then
+ test_expect_success 'notmuch --help tag' 'notmuch --help tag'
+ test_expect_success 'notmuch help tag' 'notmuch help tag'
+else
+ test_expect_success 'notmuch --help tag (man pages not available)' \
+ 'test_must_fail notmuch --help tag'
+ test_expect_success 'notmuch help tag (man pages not available)' \
+ 'test_must_fail notmuch help tag'
+fi
+
+test_done