diff --git a/e2e-tests/issue_75_ref_specify_test.go b/e2e-tests/issue_75_ref_specify_test.go
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+// ALR - Any Linux Repository
+// Copyright (C) 2025 The ALR Authors
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+//go:build e2e
+
+package e2etests_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2"
+	"github.com/efficientgo/e2e"
+)
+
+func TestE2EIssue75InstallWithDeps(t *testing.T) {
+	dockerMultipleRun(
+		t,
+		"issue-75-ref-specify",
+		COMMON_SYSTEMS,
+		func(t *testing.T, r e2e.Runnable) {
+			err := r.Exec(e2e.NewCommand(
+				"sudo",
+				"alr",
+				"addrepo",
+				"--name",
+				"alr-repo",
+				"--url",
+				"https://gitea.plemya-x.ru/Maks1mS/repo-for-tests.git",
+			))
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			err = r.Exec(e2e.NewCommand(
+				"sudo", "alr", "ref",
+			))
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// TODO: replace with alr command when it be added
+			err = r.Exec(e2e.NewCommand(
+				"sudo", "sh", "-c", "sed -i 's/ref = .*/ref = \"bd26236cd7\"/' /etc/alr/alr.toml",
+			))
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			err = r.Exec(e2e.NewCommand(
+				"sh", "-c", "test $(alr list | wc -l) -eq 2 || exit 1",
+			))
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+		},
+	)
+}