diff --git a/cmd/backup_test.go b/cmd/backup_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b1287f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/backup_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+func runCmd(t *testing.T, args ...string) error {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	viper.Reset()
+	rootCmd.SetArgs(args)
+
+	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+	return err
+}
+
+func TestBackupCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	workDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	// Prepare content to be backed up
+	locationDir := path.Join(workDir, "my-location")
+	err := os.Mkdir(locationDir, 0750)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = os.WriteFile(path.Join(locationDir, "back-me-up.txt"), []byte("hello world"), 0640)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// Write config file
+	config, err := yaml.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"version": 2,
+		"locations": map[string]map[string]interface{}{
+			"my-location": {
+				"type": "local",
+				"from": []string{locationDir},
+				"to":   []string{"test"},
+			},
+		},
+		"backends": map[string]map[string]interface{}{
+			"test": {
+				"type": "local",
+				"path": path.Join(workDir, "test-backend"),
+				"key":  "supersecret",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	configPath := path.Join(workDir, ".autorestic.yml")
+	err = os.WriteFile(configPath, config, 0640)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// Init repo (not initialized by default)
+	err = runCmd(t, "exec", "--ci", "-a", "-c", configPath, "init")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// Do the backup
+	err = runCmd(t, "backup", "--ci", "-a", "-c", configPath)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// Restore in a separate dir
+	restoreDir := path.Join(workDir, "restore")
+	err = runCmd(t, "restore", "--ci", "-c", configPath, "-l", "my-location", "--to", restoreDir)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// Check restored file
+	restoredContent, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(restoreDir, locationDir, "back-me-up.txt"))
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello world", string(restoredContent))
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8b1d3e9..577a95d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.11.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -35,5 +36,4 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.8 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.4 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )