diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/e/EasyBuild/EasyBuild-0.5.0.0beta1.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/e/EasyBuild/EasyBuild-0.5.0.0beta1.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..434df6f94dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/e/EasyBuild/EasyBuild-0.5.0.0beta1.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+easyblock = 'EB_EasyBuildMeta'
+
+name = 'EasyBuild'
+version = '0.5.0.0beta1'
+
+homepage = 'https://easybuild.io'
+description = """EasyBuild is a software build and installation framework
+ written in Python that allows you to install software in a structured,
+ repeatable and robust way."""
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+sources = [
+    {
+        'filename': 'easybuild-framework-v%s.tar.gz' % version[2:],
+        'git_config': {
+            'url': 'https://github.com/easybuilders',
+            'repo_name': 'easybuild-framework',
+            'tag': 'easybuild-framework-v%s' % version[2:],
+            'keep_git_dir': True,
+        },
+    },
+    {
+        'filename': 'easybuild-easyblocks-v%s.tar.gz' % version[2:],
+        'git_config': {
+            'url': 'https://github.com/easybuilders',
+            'repo_name': 'easybuild-easyblocks',
+            'tag': 'easybuild-easyblocks-v%s' % version[2:],
+            'keep_git_dir': True,
+        },
+    },
+    {
+        'filename': 'easybuild-easyconfigs-v%s.tar.gz' % version[2:],
+        'git_config': {
+            'url': 'https://github.com/easybuilders',
+            'repo_name': 'easybuild-easyconfigs',
+            'tag': 'easybuild-easyconfigs-v%s' % version[2:],
+            'keep_git_dir': True,
+        },
+    },
+]
+checksums = [
+    None,
+    None,
+    None,
+]
+
+# EasyBuild is a (set of) Python packages, so it depends on Python
+# usually, we want to use the system Python, so no actual Python dependency is listed
+allow_system_deps = [('Python', SYS_PYTHON_VERSION)]
+
+local_pyshortver = '.'.join(SYS_PYTHON_VERSION.split('.')[:2])
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/eb'],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%s/site-packages' % local_pyshortver],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/test/easyconfigs/easyconfigs.py b/test/easyconfigs/easyconfigs.py
index 916196f9440..ff7efe1ecda 100644
--- a/test/easyconfigs/easyconfigs.py
+++ b/test/easyconfigs/easyconfigs.py
@@ -1013,6 +1013,30 @@ def test_easyconfig_locations(self):
                     if not dirpath.endswith('/easybuild/easyconfigs'):
                         self.fail("There should be no easyconfig files in %s, found %s" % (dirpath, easyconfig_files))
 
+    def test_easybuild_easyconfigs_latest_release(self):
+        """
+        Check which easyconfig file would be picked up by 'eb --install-latest-eb-release'
+        """
+        # this mimics the logic used in the find_easybuild_easyconfig used by EasyBuild framework
+        # to obtain an easyconfig file when --install-latest-eb-release is used
+        topdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+        easybuild_dir = os.path.join(topdir, 'easybuild', 'easyconfigs', 'e', 'EasyBuild')
+        ecs = os.listdir(easybuild_dir)
+
+        file_versions = []
+        for ec in ecs:
+            txt = read_file(os.path.join(easybuild_dir, ec))
+            for line in txt.split('\n'):
+                if re.search(r'^version\s*=', line):
+                    scope = {}
+                    exec(line, scope)
+                    version = scope['version']
+                    file_versions.append((LooseVersion(version), ec))
+
+        most_recent = sorted(file_versions)[-1]
+        self.assertEqual(most_recent[0], LooseVersion('4.9.4'))
+        self.assertEqual(most_recent[1], 'EasyBuild-4.9.4.eb')
+
     def test_easyconfig_name_clashes(self):
         """Make sure there is not a name clash when all names are lowercase"""
         topdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))