diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_file.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_file.rs
index 04de81511d8..505360aa1d1 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_file.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_file.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncSeek, AsyncWrite};
 
-#[derive(Derivative, Clone)]
+#[derive(Derivative)]
 #[derivative(Debug)]
 pub struct ArcFile<T>
 where
@@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> Clone for ArcFile<T>
+where
+    T: VirtualFile + Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        ArcFile {
+            inner: self.inner.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> ClonableVirtualFile for ArcFile<T>
 where
     T: VirtualFile + Send + Sync + 'static,
diff --git a/lib/wasix/tests/runners.rs b/lib/wasix/tests/runners.rs
index 93bf9165f33..e132869713e 100644
--- a/lib/wasix/tests/runners.rs
+++ b/lib/wasix/tests/runners.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use wasmer_wasix::{
 use webc::Container;
 
 mod wasi {
-    use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::FmtSpan;
+    use virtual_fs::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncSeekExt};
     use wasmer_wasix::{bin_factory::BinaryPackage, runners::wasi::WasiRunner, WasiError};
 
     use super::*;
@@ -39,21 +39,20 @@ mod wasi {
 
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
     async fn wat2wasm() {
-        tracing_subscriber::fmt::fmt()
-            .with_max_level(tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter::TRACE)
-            .with_span_events(FmtSpan::FULL)
-            .init();
         let webc = download_cached("https://wasmer.io/wasmer/wabt@1.0.37").await;
         let container = Container::from_bytes(webc).unwrap();
         let (rt, tasks) = runtime();
         let pkg = BinaryPackage::from_webc(&container, &rt).await.unwrap();
+        let mut stdout = virtual_fs::ArcFile::new(Box::new(virtual_fs::BufferFile::default()));
 
-        // Note: we don't have any way to intercept stdin or stdout, so blindly
-        // assume that everything is fine if it runs successfully.
+        let stdout_2 = stdout.clone();
         let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
             let _guard = tasks.runtime_handle().enter();
             WasiRunner::new()
                 .with_args(["--version"])
+                .with_stdin(Box::new(virtual_fs::NullFile::default()))
+                .with_stdout(Box::new(stdout_2) as Box<_>)
+                .with_stderr(Box::new(virtual_fs::NullFile::default()))
                 .run_command("wat2wasm", &pkg, Arc::new(rt))
         });
 
@@ -61,6 +60,11 @@ mod wasi {
             .join()
             .unwrap()
             .expect("The runner encountered an error");
+
+        stdout.rewind().await.unwrap();
+        let mut output = Vec::new();
+        stdout.read_to_end(&mut output).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(String::from_utf8(output).unwrap(), "1.0.37 (git~v1.0.37)\n");
     }
 
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
@@ -74,6 +78,9 @@ mod wasi {
             let _guard = tasks.runtime_handle().enter();
             WasiRunner::new()
                 .with_args(["-c", "import sys; sys.exit(42)"])
+                .with_stdin(Box::new(virtual_fs::NullFile::default()))
+                .with_stdout(Box::new(virtual_fs::NullFile::default()))
+                .with_stderr(Box::new(virtual_fs::NullFile::default()))
                 .run_command("python", &pkg, Arc::new(rt))
         });