diff --git a/eyre/Cargo.toml b/eyre/Cargo.toml
index 39c0578..ecfaf87 100644
--- a/eyre/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eyre/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pyo3 = { version = "0.20", optional = true, default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 rustversion = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
-trybuild = { version = "1.0.19", features = ["diff"] }
+ui_test = "0.21.0"
 backtrace = "0.3.46"
 anyhow = "1.0.28"
 syn = { version = "2.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/eyre/tests/compiletest.rs b/eyre/tests/compiletest.rs
index 7974a62..1c73b59 100644
--- a/eyre/tests/compiletest.rs
+++ b/eyre/tests/compiletest.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
-#[rustversion::attr(not(nightly), ignore)]
+#[cfg_attr(not(backtrace), ignore)]
 #[cfg_attr(miri, ignore)]
 #[test]
 fn ui() {
-    let t = trybuild::TestCases::new();
-    t.compile_fail("tests/ui/*.rs");
+    let mut test_dir = std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap());
+    test_dir.push("tests");
+    test_dir.push("ui");
+    let rust_backtrace_val = "1";
+    let mut config = ui_test::Config {
+        mode: ui_test::Mode::Run { exit_code: 0 },
+        filter_files: vec!["ui_test".to_owned()],
+
+        ..ui_test::Config::cargo(test_dir)
+    };
+    config.program.args = vec!["run".into()];
+    config.program.envs = vec![("RUST_BACKTRACE".into(), Some(rust_backtrace_val.into()))];
+
+    let _ = ui_test::run_tests(config);
 }
diff --git a/eyre/tests/test_backtrace.rs b/eyre/tests/test_backtrace.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9094f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eyre/tests/test_backtrace.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+mod test_backtrace {
+    use eyre::{eyre, Report, WrapErr};
+
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    enum FailFrame {
+        None,
+        Low,
+        Med,
+        High,
+    }
+
+    fn low(frame: FailFrame) -> Result<(), Report> {
+        let e: Report = eyre!("This program's goodness is suspect!");
+        if let FailFrame::Low = frame {
+            Err::<(), Report>(e).wrap_err("The low-level code has failed!")
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn med(frame: FailFrame) -> Result<(), Report> {
+        let e: Report = eyre!("This program's goodness is suspect!");
+        if let FailFrame::Med = frame {
+            Err(e).wrap_err("The low-level code has failed!")
+        } else {
+            low(frame)
+        }
+    }
+    fn high(frame: FailFrame) -> Result<(), Report> {
+        let e: Report = eyre!("This program's goodness is suspect!");
+        if let FailFrame::High = frame {
+            Err(e).wrap_err("The low-level code has failed!")
+        } else {
+            med(frame)
+        }
+    }
+
+    use std::panic;
+
+    static BACKTRACE_SNIPPET_HIGH: &str = "
+10: test_backtrace::test_backtrace::low
+        at .\\tests\\test_backtrace.rs:14
+11: test_backtrace::test_backtrace::med
+        at .\\tests\\test_backtrace.rs:27
+12: test_backtrace::test_backtrace::high
+        at .\\tests\\test_backtrace.rs:35
+13: test_backtrace::test_backtrace::test_backtrace
+        ";
+
+    use std::backtrace::Backtrace;
+    use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+    /* This test does produce a backtrace for panic or error with the standard panic hook,
+     * but I'm at a loss for how to capture the backtrace and compare it to a snippet.
+     */
+    #[cfg_attr(not(backtrace), ignore)]
+    //    #[test]
+    //   #[should_panic]
+    fn test_backtrace_simple() {
+        let report = high(FailFrame::Low).expect_err("Must be error");
+        let handler: &eyre::DefaultHandler = report.handler().downcast_ref().unwrap();
+        eprintln!("{:?}", handler);
+        //        let backtrace: Backtrace = handler.backtrace.unwrap();
+        // let
+        /*
+        let backtrace: Option<Backtrace> = handler.backtrace;
+        assert!(backtrace.is_some());
+        */
+    }
+
+    #[cfg_attr(not(backtrace), ignore)]
+    //    #[test]
+    fn test_backtrace() {
+        /* FIXME: check that the backtrace actually happens here
+         * It's not trivial to compare the *whole* output,
+         * but we could somehow grep the output for 'stack_backtrace',
+         * maybe check for this string... though including line numbers is problematic,
+         * and the frames could change if core changes.
+         *
+         */
+
+        let global_buffer = Arc::new(Mutex::new(String::new()));
+        let old_hook = panic::take_hook();
+        panic::set_hook({
+            /* fixme: this panic hook is not working ;(
+             */
+            let global_buffer = global_buffer.clone();
+            Box::new(move |info| {
+                let mut global_buffer = global_buffer.lock().unwrap();
+
+                if let Some(s) = info.payload().downcast_ref::<&str>() {
+                    println!("PANIC: {}", *s);
+                    *global_buffer = (*s).to_string()
+                } else {
+                    //                    panic!("help!");
+                }
+            })
+        });
+
+        panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+            high(FailFrame::Low).unwrap(); //.unwrap_or(println!("test"));
+        })
+        .expect_err("Backtrace test did not panic.");
+        let binding = global_buffer.lock().unwrap();
+        let panic_output = binding.clone();
+        panic::set_hook(old_hook);
+        if !panic_output.contains(BACKTRACE_SNIPPET_HIGH) {
+            println!("Backtrace test fail.");
+            println!("Expected output to contain:");
+            println!("{}", BACKTRACE_SNIPPET_HIGH);
+            println!("Instead, outputted:");
+            println!("{}", panic_output);
+            panic!();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/eyre/tests/ui/ui_test_backtrace.rs b/eyre/tests/ui/ui_test_backtrace.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72d85ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eyre/tests/ui/ui_test_backtrace.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use eyre::Report;
+
+fn fail(fail: bool) -> Result<(), Report> {
+    let e: Report = eyre!("Internal error message");
+    if fail {
+        Err(e).wrap_err("External error message")
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    fail(true);
+}
diff --git a/eyre/tests/ui/ui_test_backtrace.stderr b/eyre/tests/ui/ui_test_backtrace.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8d406b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eyre/tests/ui/ui_test_backtrace.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+error: embedded manifest `$DIR/ui_test_backtrace.rs` requires `-Zscript`