diff --git a/eyre/Cargo.toml b/eyre/Cargo.toml
index 982d9b2..5d9ac2d 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..973f0f8 100644
--- a/eyre/tests/compiletest.rs
+++ b/eyre/tests/compiletest.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-#[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 eyre_root_dir = std::env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
+    let mut config = ui_test::Config::cargo(eyre_root_dir);
+    let rust_backtrace_val = "1";
+    config
+        .program
+        .envs
+        .push(("RUST_BACKTRACE".into(), Some(rust_backtrace_val.into())));
+    config.mode = ui_test::Mode::Run { exit_code: 0 };
+    config.filter_files = vec!["ui_test".to_owned()];
+    ui_test::run_tests(config);
 }
diff --git a/eyre/tests/test_backtrace.rs b/eyre/tests/test_backtrace.rs
index b9c6a9d..9094f68 100644
--- a/eyre/tests/test_backtrace.rs
+++ b/eyre/tests/test_backtrace.rs
@@ -48,20 +48,29 @@ mod test_backtrace {
 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]
+    //    #[test]
+    //   #[should_panic]
     fn test_backtrace_simple() {
-        high(FailFrame::Low).unwrap();
+        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]
+    //    #[test]
     fn test_backtrace() {
         /* FIXME: check that the backtrace actually happens here
          * It's not trivial to compare the *whole* output,
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`