diff --git a/e2etests-cli/main_test.go b/e2etests-cli/main_test.go
index 8ba39dbe3..c5f33effb 100644
--- a/e2etests-cli/main_test.go
+++ b/e2etests-cli/main_test.go
@@ -318,6 +318,19 @@ steps: {
 				assert.Success(t, err)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "one-layer-gif",
+			skipCI: true,
+			run: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, dir string, env *xos.Env) {
+				writeFile(t, dir, "in.d2", `x`)
+				err := runTestMain(t, ctx, dir, env, "--animate-interval=10", "in.d2", "out.gif")
+				assert.Success(t, err)
+
+				gifBytes := readFile(t, dir, "out.gif")
+				err = xgif.Validate(gifBytes, 1, 10)
+				assert.Success(t, err)
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "stdin",
 			run: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, dir string, env *xos.Env) {