diff --git a/crates/spk-solve/crates/macros/src/lib.rs b/crates/spk-solve/crates/macros/src/lib.rs
index c891b44220..c812a657f7 100644
--- a/crates/spk-solve/crates/macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/spk-solve/crates/macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ pub use {serde_json, spfs};
 /// make_repo!({"pkg": "mypkg/1.0.0"}, options = {"debug" => "off"});
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! make_repo {
-    ( [ $( $spec:tt ),+ $(,)? ] ) => {{
+    ( [ $( $spec:tt ),* $(,)? ] ) => {{
         make_repo!([ $( $spec ),* ], options={})
     }};
-    ( [ $( $spec:tt ),+ $(,)? ], options={ $($k:expr => $v:expr),* } ) => {{
+    ( [ $( $spec:tt ),* $(,)? ], options={ $($k:expr => $v:expr),* } ) => {{
         let options = spk_schema::foundation::option_map!{$($k => $v),*};
         make_repo!([ $( $spec ),* ], options=options)
     }};
-    ( [ $( $spec:tt ),+ $(,)? ], options=$options:expr ) => {{
+    ( [ $( $spec:tt ),* $(,)? ], options=$options:expr ) => {{
         tracing::debug!("creating in-memory repository");
         let repo = spk_storage::RepositoryHandle::new_mem();
         let _opts = $options;
diff --git a/crates/spk-solve/src/solvers/solver_test.rs b/crates/spk-solve/src/solvers/solver_test.rs
index 50f55a41ab..f22fe34684 100644
--- a/crates/spk-solve/src/solvers/solver_test.rs
+++ b/crates/spk-solve/src/solvers/solver_test.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 // https://github.com/spkenv/spk
 
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use rstest::{fixture, rstest};
@@ -3083,3 +3084,63 @@ async fn request_for_all_component_picks_correct_version(
     let solution = run_and_print_resolve_for_tests(&mut solver).await.unwrap();
     assert_resolved!(solution, "mypkg", version = version);
 }
+
+/// Test that adding options to the solver make the solver pick the build that
+/// satisfies those options, when possible.
+#[rstest]
+#[case::step(step_solver())]
+#[case::resolvo(resolvo_solver())]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn options_influence_build_choice(
+    #[case] mut solver: SolverImpl,
+    #[values(true, false)] scope_var: bool,
+) {
+    // Create 10 builds of a package, varying the value of an option called
+    // "num".
+    let builds = (0..10)
+        .map(|num| {
+            (
+                num.to_string(),
+                make_build!({
+                    "pkg": "mypkg/1.0.0",
+                    "build": {"options": [{"var": format!("num/{num}")}]},
+                }),
+            )
+        })
+        .inspect(|(num, spec)| {
+            eprintln!("Created build with num {num}: {}", spec.ident().build());
+        })
+        .collect::<HashMap<_, _>>();
+
+    let repo = make_repo!([]);
+    let _options = option_map! {};
+    for spec in builds.values() {
+        let (s, cmpts) = make_package!(repo, spec, _options);
+        repo.publish_package(&s, &cmpts).await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    let repo = Arc::new(repo);
+
+    // For each option value from above, ask the solver to resolve mypkg using
+    // an option with that value for "num". It is expected that it will pick the
+    // build that was created with that value for "num".
+    //
+    // Since there are 10 builds, the odds of this succeeding by chance are 1 in
+    // 10 billion.
+    for (num, spec) in &builds {
+        solver.reset();
+
+        solver.add_repository(Arc::clone(&repo));
+        solver.add_request(request!("mypkg"));
+
+        let options = if scope_var {
+            option_map! { "mypkg.num" => num.to_string() }
+        } else {
+            option_map! { "num" => num.to_string() }
+        };
+        solver.update_options(options);
+
+        let solution = run_and_print_resolve_for_tests(&mut solver).await.unwrap();
+        assert_resolved!(solution, "mypkg", build = *spec.ident().build());
+    }
+}