diff --git a/test/BUILD b/test/BUILD
index dfdc610..d12cad3 100644
--- a/test/BUILD
+++ b/test/BUILD
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@ python_test(
     ],
 )
 
+python_test(
+    name = "resources_test",
+    srcs = ["resources_test.py"],
+    deps = [
+        "//third_party/python:pygments",
+    ],
+)
+
 python_test(
     name = "interpreter_not_included_test",
     srcs = ["interpreter_not_included_test.py"],
diff --git a/test/resources_test.py b/test/resources_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec75e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import importlib.resources
+import unittest
+
+
+class ResourcesTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Tests that PexDistribution is able to provide access to files that are part of a distribution
+    via the importlib.resources API.
+    """
+
+    def test_read_resource_text_file(self):
+        init = importlib.resources.files("pygments") / "__init__.py"
+        self.assertIn("__version__ = '2.19.2'", init.read_text())