diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildtool/BUILD b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildtool/BUILD
index eb5244cc680cae..7e9dfd9d18c74a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildtool/BUILD
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildtool/BUILD
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ java_test(
     name = "EditDuringBuildTest",
     srcs = ["EditDuringBuildTest.java"],
     tags = [
-        "manual",
         "no_windows",
     ],
     deps = [
@@ -609,7 +608,6 @@ build_test(
         ":ContextProviderInitializationTest",
         ":CorruptedActionCacheTest",
         ":DanglingSymlinkTest",
-        ":EditDuringBuildTest",
         ":EnvironmentRestrictedBuildTest",
         ":IncludeValidationTest",
         ":LabelCrossesPackageBoundaryTest",
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildtool/EditDuringBuildTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildtool/EditDuringBuildTest.java
index 00a6a6e0e57570..e7b1dc8a677bbc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildtool/EditDuringBuildTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/buildtool/EditDuringBuildTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ public class EditDuringBuildTest extends BuildIntegrationTestCase {
 
   @Test
   public void testEditDuringBuild() throws Exception {
+    Path in = write("edit/in", "line1");
+    in.setLastModifiedTime(123456789);
+
+    // Make in writable from sandbox (in case sandbox strategy is used).
+    String absoluteInPath = in.getPathString();
+    addOptions("--sandbox_writable_path=" + absoluteInPath);
+
     // The "echo" effects editing of the source file during the build:
     write("edit/BUILD",
           "genrule(name = 'edit',",
@@ -49,9 +56,6 @@ public void testEditDuringBuild() throws Exception {
           "        cmd = '/bin/cp $(location in) $(location out) && "
                        + "echo line2 >>$(location in)')");
 
-    Path in = write("edit/in", "line1");
-    in.setLastModifiedTime(123456789);
-
     // Edit during build => undefined result (in fact, "line1")
     String out = buildAndReadOutputFile();
     assertThat(out).isEqualTo("line1\n");