diff --git a/tests/test_env.py b/tests/test_env.py
index e8fa7c5a4..03d7d7120 100644
--- a/tests/test_env.py
+++ b/tests/test_env.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 import platform
 import subprocess
+import sysconfig
 import sys
 
 import pytest
@@ -56,6 +57,17 @@ def test_can_get_venv_paths_with_conflicting_default_scheme(mocker):
     assert get_scheme_names.call_count == 1
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif('posix_local' not in sysconfig.get_scheme_names(), reason='workaround for Debian/Ubuntu Python')
+def test_can_get_venv_paths_with_posix_local_default_scheme(mocker):
+    get_paths = mocker.spy(sysconfig, 'get_paths')
+    # We should never call this, but we patch it to ensure failure if we do
+    get_default_scheme = mocker.patch('sysconfig.get_default_scheme', return_value='posix_local')
+    with build.env.IsolatedEnvBuilder():
+        pass
+    get_paths.assert_called_once_with(scheme='posix_prefix', vars=mocker.ANY)
+    assert get_default_scheme.call_count == 0
+
+
 def test_executable_missing_post_creation(mocker):
     venv_create = mocker.patch('venv.EnvBuilder.create')
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match='Virtual environment creation failed, executable .* missing'):