diff --git a/script/test-smoke.sh b/script/test-smoke.sh
index 534157757..bb939d355 100755
--- a/script/test-smoke.sh
+++ b/script/test-smoke.sh
@@ -143,21 +143,6 @@ fi
 
 rm /tmp/garage.{1..3}.{rnd,b64}
 
-if [ -z "$SKIP_AWS" ]; then
-  echo "🪣 Test bucket logic "
-  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=`cat /tmp/garage.s3 |cut -d' ' -f1`
-  [ $(aws s3 ls | wc -l) == 1 ]
-  garage -c /tmp/config.1.toml bucket create seau
-  garage -c /tmp/config.1.toml bucket allow --read seau --key $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-  [ $(aws s3 ls | wc -l) == 2 ]
-  garage -c /tmp/config.1.toml bucket deny --read seau --key $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-  [ $(aws s3 ls | wc -l) == 1 ]
-  garage -c /tmp/config.1.toml bucket allow --read seau --key $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-  [ $(aws s3 ls | wc -l) == 2 ]
-  garage -c /tmp/config.1.toml bucket delete --yes seau
-  [ $(aws s3 ls | wc -l) == 1 ]
-fi
-
 echo "🏁 Teardown"
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=`cat /tmp/garage.s3 |cut -d' ' -f1`
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=`cat /tmp/garage.s3 |cut -d' ' -f2`
diff --git a/src/garage/tests/admin.rs b/src/garage/tests/admin.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37aefe38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/garage/tests/admin.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+use crate::common;
+use crate::common::ext::*;
+
+const BCKT_NAME: &str = "seau";
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_admin_bucket_perms() {
+	let ctx = common::context();
+
+	let hb = || ctx.client.head_bucket().bucket(BCKT_NAME).send();
+
+	assert!(hb().await.is_err());
+
+	ctx.garage
+		.command()
+		.args(["bucket", "create", BCKT_NAME])
+		.quiet()
+		.expect_success_status("Could not create bucket");
+
+	assert!(hb().await.is_err());
+
+	ctx.garage
+		.command()
+		.args([
+			"bucket",
+			"allow",
+			"--read",
+			"--key",
+			&ctx.garage.key.id,
+			BCKT_NAME,
+		])
+		.quiet()
+		.expect_success_status("Could not create bucket");
+
+	assert!(hb().await.is_ok());
+
+	ctx.garage
+		.command()
+		.args([
+			"bucket",
+			"deny",
+			"--read",
+			"--key",
+			&ctx.garage.key.name,
+			BCKT_NAME,
+		])
+		.quiet()
+		.expect_success_status("Could not create bucket");
+
+	assert!(hb().await.is_err());
+
+	ctx.garage
+		.command()
+		.args([
+			"bucket",
+			"allow",
+			"--read",
+			"--key",
+			&ctx.garage.key.name,
+			BCKT_NAME,
+		])
+		.quiet()
+		.expect_success_status("Could not create bucket");
+
+	assert!(hb().await.is_ok());
+
+	ctx.garage
+		.command()
+		.args(["bucket", "delete", "--yes", BCKT_NAME])
+		.quiet()
+		.expect_success_status("Could not delete bucket");
+
+	assert!(hb().await.is_err());
+}
diff --git a/src/garage/tests/lib.rs b/src/garage/tests/lib.rs
index ba614cf8f..9d7e43227 100644
--- a/src/garage/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/src/garage/tests/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 mod common;
 
+mod admin;
 mod bucket;
 mod list;
 mod multipart;