diff --git a/tests/basics/buildfile b/tests/basics/buildfile
index 45a1ca0..57c22ed 100644
--- a/tests/basics/buildfile
+++ b/tests/basics/buildfile
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-import libs = libasio%lib{asio}
+import! [metadata, rule_hint=cxx.link] asio = libasio%lib{asio}
 
-exe{driver}: cxx{driver} $libs
+exe{driver}: cxx{driver} $asio
+
+if ($cxx.target.class == 'windows')
+  cxx.poptions += -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601
+
+if $($asio: libasio.ssl)
+  cxx.poptions += "-DLIBASIO_TESTS_SSL_ENABLED"
diff --git a/tests/basics/driver.cpp b/tests/basics/driver.cpp
index 61b03c6..6b47a7a 100644
--- a/tests/basics/driver.cpp
+++ b/tests/basics/driver.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,58 @@
-#include <asio.hpp>
+// The following source code was taken mostly verbatim from
+// upstream/asio/src/tests/unit/local/connect_pair.cpp.
+//
+// Because a large proportion of Asio's code is located in header files it's
+// not always easy to tell but stepping through this program with a debugger
+// confirms that multiple .ipp files are visited which means this program does
+// execute code compiled into the library.
+//
+
+#include <asio/local/connect_pair.hpp>
+
+#include <asio/io_context.hpp>
+#include <asio/local/datagram_protocol.hpp>
+#include <asio/local/stream_protocol.hpp>
+
+#ifdef LIBASIO_TESTS_SSL_ENABLED
+#include <asio/ssl.hpp>
+#endif
 
 int
 main ()
 {
+  using namespace asio;
+  namespace local = asio::local;
+  typedef local::datagram_protocol dp;
+  typedef local::stream_protocol sp;
+
+  try
+  {
+    asio::io_context io_context;
+    asio::error_code ec1;
+
+    dp::socket s1 (io_context);
+    dp::socket s2 (io_context);
+    local::connect_pair (s1, s2);
+
+    dp::socket s3 (io_context);
+    dp::socket s4 (io_context);
+    local::connect_pair (s3, s4, ec1);
+
+    sp::socket s5 (io_context);
+    sp::socket s6 (io_context);
+    local::connect_pair (s5, s6);
+
+    sp::socket s7 (io_context);
+    sp::socket s8 (io_context);
+    local::connect_pair (s7, s8, ec1);
+
+#ifdef LIBASIO_TESTS_SSL_ENABLED
+    asio::ssl::context ssl_ctx (asio::ssl::context::sslv23);
+#endif
+  }
+  catch (std::exception&)
+  {
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tests/build/root.build b/tests/build/root.build
index 706e686..dc3c9bb 100644
--- a/tests/build/root.build
+++ b/tests/build/root.build
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ using cxx
 
 hxx{*}: extension = hpp
 ixx{*}: extension = ipp
-txx{*}: extension = tpp
 cxx{*}: extension = cpp
 
 # Assume headers are importable unless stated otherwise.