diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/mod.rs
index 7f35fe9816a..11e9f5fd2a4 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/mod.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ mod rustc_incompatible;
mod rustc_latest;
mod rustc_older;
mod script_bare;
+mod script_escape;
mod script_frontmatter;
+mod script_frontmatter_empty;
mod script_shebang;
mod sorted_table_with_dotted_item;
mod symlink;
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/in/cargo-test-fixture.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/in/cargo-test-fixture.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..143ba74ee96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/in/cargo-test-fixture.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---------
+[package]
+edition = "2015"
+description = """
+Header
+------
+
+Body
+"""
+---------
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..baef47e3d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use cargo_test_support::Project;
+use cargo_test_support::compare::assert_ui;
+use cargo_test_support::current_dir;
+use cargo_test_support::file;
+use cargo_test_support::str;
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn case() {
+ cargo_test_support::registry::init();
+ for ver in [
+ "0.1.1+my-package",
+ "0.2.0+my-package",
+ "0.2.3+my-package",
+ "0.4.1+my-package",
+ "20.0.0+my-package",
+ "99999.0.0+my-package",
+ "99999.0.0-alpha.1+my-package",
+ ] {
+ cargo_test_support::registry::Package::new("my-package", ver).publish();
+ }
+
+ let project = Project::from_template(current_dir!().join("in"));
+ let project_root = project.root();
+ let cwd = &project_root;
+
+ snapbox::cmd::Command::cargo_ui()
+ .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["script"])
+ .arg("-Zscript")
+ .arg("add")
+ .arg_line("--manifest-path cargo-test-fixture.rs my-package")
+ .current_dir(cwd)
+ .assert()
+ .success()
+ .stdout_eq(str![""])
+ .stderr_eq(file!["stderr.term.svg"]);
+
+ assert_ui().subset_matches(current_dir!().join("out"), &project_root);
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/out/cargo-test-fixture.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/out/cargo-test-fixture.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a34ae017ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/out/cargo-test-fixture.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---------
+[package]
+edition = "2015"
+description = """
+Header
+------
+
+Body
+"""
+
+[dependencies]
+my-package = "99999.0.0"
+---------
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/stderr.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/stderr.term.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0be687ce10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_escape/stderr.term.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/in/cargo-test-fixture.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/in/cargo-test-fixture.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e062b276ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/in/cargo-test-fixture.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+---
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..baef47e3d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use cargo_test_support::Project;
+use cargo_test_support::compare::assert_ui;
+use cargo_test_support::current_dir;
+use cargo_test_support::file;
+use cargo_test_support::str;
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn case() {
+ cargo_test_support::registry::init();
+ for ver in [
+ "0.1.1+my-package",
+ "0.2.0+my-package",
+ "0.2.3+my-package",
+ "0.4.1+my-package",
+ "20.0.0+my-package",
+ "99999.0.0+my-package",
+ "99999.0.0-alpha.1+my-package",
+ ] {
+ cargo_test_support::registry::Package::new("my-package", ver).publish();
+ }
+
+ let project = Project::from_template(current_dir!().join("in"));
+ let project_root = project.root();
+ let cwd = &project_root;
+
+ snapbox::cmd::Command::cargo_ui()
+ .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["script"])
+ .arg("-Zscript")
+ .arg("add")
+ .arg_line("--manifest-path cargo-test-fixture.rs my-package")
+ .current_dir(cwd)
+ .assert()
+ .success()
+ .stdout_eq(str![""])
+ .stderr_eq(file!["stderr.term.svg"]);
+
+ assert_ui().subset_matches(current_dir!().join("out"), &project_root);
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/out/cargo-test-fixture.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/out/cargo-test-fixture.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..caf9ce19959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/out/cargo-test-fixture.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+[dependencies]
+my-package = "99999.0.0"
+---
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/stderr.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/stderr.term.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..539a329e821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_add/script_frontmatter_empty/stderr.term.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+