diff --git a/test/packages/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example/package.json b/test/packages/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example/package.json
index eb146be685..118b4d2acb 100644
--- a/test/packages/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example/package.json
+++ b/test/packages/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example/package.json
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@
   "description": "A package that creates files by pre- and postinstall scripts",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
-    "preinstall": "node create generated-by-preinstall",
-    "postinstall": "node create generated-by-postinstall"
+    "preinstall": "hello-world-js-bin && node create generated-by-preinstall",
+    "postinstall": "hello-world-js-bin && node create generated-by-postinstall"
   },
   "author": "Zoltan Kochan <zoltan.kochan@gmail.com> (http://kochan.io/)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/tree/master/test/packages/postinstall-example"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "hello-world-js-bin": "1.0.0"
   }
 }