diff --git a/test/config.sh b/test/config.sh
index a9bb280d08c2f..ea3b03e2a92fd 100644
--- a/test/config.sh
+++ b/test/config.sh
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ imageTests+=(
 	[python]='
 		python-hy
 		python-imports
+		python-no-pyc
 		python-pip-requests-ssl
 		python-sqlite3
 		python-stack-size
diff --git a/test/tests/python-no-pyc/container.cmd b/test/tests/python-no-pyc/container.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..046b5a1a7493d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/python-no-pyc/container.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rem N/A: Windows-based Python images may or may not contain ".pyc" and/or ".pyo" files because they are not a significant contributor to the overall image size
diff --git a/test/tests/python-no-pyc/container.sh b/test/tests/python-no-pyc/container.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..bbca5d78c6630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/python-no-pyc/container.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+find /usr/local /opt '(' -name '*.pyc' -o -name '*.pyo' ')' -print -exec false '{}' +
diff --git a/test/tests/python-no-pyc/run.sh b/test/tests/python-no-pyc/run.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000..648246b8299c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/python-no-pyc/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../run-sh-in-container.sh
\ No newline at end of file