diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a8db752..1d0948e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -767,6 +767,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "maplit"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e2e65a1a2e43cfcb47a895c4c8b10d1f4a61097f9f254f183aee60cad9c651d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.3.4"
@@ -1516,6 +1522,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.10.0",
  "kstring",
  "log",
+ "maplit",
  "once_cell",
  "phf",
  "predicates",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 01fd4da..7019987 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ typed-arena = "2.0.1"
 assert_fs = "1.0"
 predicates = "1.0"
 criterion = "0.3"
+maplit = "1.0"
 
 [profile.dev]
 panic = "abort"
diff --git a/src/policy.rs b/src/policy.rs
index ea789be..5faddf9 100644
--- a/src/policy.rs
+++ b/src/policy.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ impl<'s> ConfigEngine<'s> {
 
         let mut types = Default::default();
         std::mem::swap(&mut types, &mut config.type_);
-
         let mut types = types
             .into_iter()
             .map(|(type_, type_engine)| {
@@ -338,3 +337,57 @@ impl<'t, 'd> Default for Policy<'t, 'd> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_load_config_applies_overrides() {
+        let storage = ConfigStorage::new();
+        let mut engine = ConfigEngine::new(&storage);
+        engine.set_isolated(true);
+
+        let type_name = kstring::KString::from_static("toml");
+
+        let config = crate::config::Config {
+            default: crate::config::EngineConfig {
+                binary: Some(true),
+                check_filename: Some(true),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            type_: maplit::hashmap! {
+                type_name.clone() => crate::config::TypeEngineConfig {
+                    engine: crate::config::EngineConfig {
+                        check_filename: Some(false),
+                        check_file: Some(true),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    },
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            },
+            overrides: crate::config::EngineConfig {
+                binary: Some(false),
+                check_file: Some(false),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        engine.set_overrides(config);
+
+        let cwd = std::path::Path::new(".");
+        let loaded = engine.load_config(&cwd).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(loaded.default.binary, Some(false));
+        assert_eq!(loaded.default.check_filename, Some(true));
+        assert_eq!(loaded.default.check_file, Some(false));
+        assert_eq!(loaded.type_[type_name.as_str()].engine.binary, Some(false));
+        assert_eq!(
+            loaded.type_[type_name.as_str()].engine.check_filename,
+            Some(false)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            loaded.type_[type_name.as_str()].engine.check_file,
+            Some(false)
+        );
+    }
+}