diff --git a/mingw_smoketests.py b/mingw_smoketests.py
index ca1f652caeec278..1afb858336d747c 100644
--- a/mingw_smoketests.py
+++ b/mingw_smoketests.py
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ def test_platform_things(self):
         import sysconfig
         import platform
         import importlib.machinery
+        import tempfile
+        import venv
+        import subprocess
         self.assertEqual(sys.implementation.name, "cpython")
         self.assertEqual(sys.platform, "win32")
         self.assertTrue(sysconfig.get_platform().startswith("mingw"))
@@ -241,6 +244,20 @@ def test_platform_things(self):
         self.assertEqual(platform.system(), "Windows")
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(sys.api_version, int) and sys.api_version > 0)
 
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            builder = venv.EnvBuilder()
+            builder.create(tmp)
+            op = subprocess.check_output(
+                [
+                    os.path.join(tmp, "bin", "python.exe"),
+                    "-c",
+                    "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))"
+                ],
+                cwd=tmp,
+            )
+            self.assertTrue(op.decode().strip().startswith(sys.base_prefix))
+
+
     def test_sys_getpath(self):
         # everything sourced from getpath.py
         import sys