diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vars_files/aliases b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8278ec8bcc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+shippable/posix/group3
+context/controller
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vars_files/inventory b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/inventory
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88dae2677ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/inventory
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[testgroup]
+testhost foo=bar
+testhost2 foo=baz
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vars_files/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/runme.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..127536fa277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/runme.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eux
+
+ansible-playbook runme.yml -i inventory -v "$@"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vars_files/runme.yml b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/runme.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..257f9294c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/runme.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+- hosts: testgroup
+  gather_facts: no
+  vars_files:
+    - "vars/common.yml"
+    -
+      - "vars/{{ foo }}.yml"
+      - "vars/defaults.yml"
+  tasks:
+    - import_tasks: validate.yml
+
+- hosts: testgroup
+  gather_facts: no
+  vars:
+    _vars_files:
+        - 'vars/{{ foo }}.yml'
+        - 'vars/defaults.yml'
+  vars_files:
+    - "vars/common.yml"
+    - "{{ lookup('first_found', _vars_files) }}"
+  tasks:
+    - import_tasks: validate.yml
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vars_files/validate.yml b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/validate.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc889c54426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/validate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - common is true
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - is_bar is true
+  when: inventory_hostname == 'testhost'
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - is_bar is false
+  when: inventory_hostname == 'testhost2'
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vars_files/vars/bar.yml b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/vars/bar.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6f3c5b178b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/vars/bar.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+is_bar: yes
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vars_files/vars/common.yml b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/vars/common.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8cd808597b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/vars/common.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+common: yes
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vars_files/vars/defaults.yml b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/vars/defaults.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a7bfac822d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vars_files/vars/defaults.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+is_bar: no