diff --git a/.github/workflows/genesis-openembedded.yml b/.github/workflows/genesis-openembedded.yml
index bde8ffa..8a4885b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/genesis-openembedded.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/genesis-openembedded.yml
@@ -97,3 +97,15 @@ jobs:
             echo 'a native test file was skipped' >&2
             exit 1
           fi
+
+      # Ubuntu ships no mock, so the test of mock's configuration loader runs on Fedora.
+      - name: Run mock configuration loader test
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/src:ro" -w /src fedora:42 bash -ec '
+            dnf -y -q install mock perl perl-File-Slurper >/dev/null
+            prove -v native/mock-chroot-uid.t' 2>&1 | tee mock.tap
+          if grep -E '^1\.\.0 # SKIP|^native/[^ ]+\.t \.+ skipped' mock.tap; then
+            echo 'the mock configuration loader test was skipped' >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/native/mock-chroot-uid.t b/native/mock-chroot-uid.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..510c3c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/mock-chroot-uid.t
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# mock_chroot_uid must give the uid mock itself builds as, so it runs mock's own loader.
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use File::Slurper qw(write_text);
+use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
+use FindBin qw($RealBin);
+use Test::More;
+
+use lib "$RealBin/..";
+use MockBuildUtils qw(mock_chroot_uid);
+
+plan skip_all => 'native Mock Python library required'
+    if system('python3 -c "import mockbuild.config" >/dev/null 2>&1') != 0;
+
+my $tmp = tempdir(CLEANUP => 1);
+write_text("$tmp/base.cfg", <<'CFG');
+config_opts['root'] = 'xcat-chrootuid-base'
+config_opts['chrootuid'] = 1000
+CFG
+write_text("$tmp/override.cfg", <<"CFG");
+include('$tmp/base.cfg')
+config_opts['chrootuid'] = 1001
+CFG
+write_text("$tmp/wrapper.cfg", <<"CFG");
+include('$tmp/base.cfg')
+config_opts['environment']['SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'] = '1757000000'
+CFG
+write_text("$tmp/plain.cfg", "config_opts['root'] = 'xcat-chrootuid-plain'\n");
+
+is(mock_chroot_uid("$tmp/override.cfg"), 1001, 'a chrootuid set after an include overrides the include');
+is(mock_chroot_uid("$tmp/wrapper.cfg"), 1000, 'a wrapper keeps the chrootuid of the configuration it includes');
+is(mock_chroot_uid("$tmp/plain.cfg"), $<, 'a configuration with no chrootuid keeps the uid that runs mock');
+
+done_testing();