diff --git a/test/behaviour/CliContext.php b/test/behaviour/CliContext.php
index b1b3bff..cd77c2f 100644
--- a/test/behaviour/CliContext.php
+++ b/test/behaviour/CliContext.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 /** @psalm-api */
 class CliContext implements Context
 {
+    private const PHP_BINARY = 'php';
     private string|null $output = null;
     private int|null $exitCode  = null;
     /** @var list<string> */
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ public function iRunACommandToDownloadSpecificVersionOfAnExtension(string $versi
     /** @param list<non-empty-string> $command */
     public function runPieCommand(array $command): void
     {
-        $pieCommand = array_merge(['php', ...$this->phpArguments, 'bin/pie'], $command, ['--skip-enable-extension']);
+        $pieCommand = array_merge([self::PHP_BINARY, ...$this->phpArguments, 'bin/pie'], $command);
 
         $proc = (new Process($pieCommand))->mustRun();
 
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ public function theExtensionShouldHaveBeenInstalled(): void
     {
         $this->assertCommandSuccessful();
 
+        Assert::contains($this->output, 'Extension is enabled and loaded');
+
         if (Platform::isWindows()) {
             Assert::regex($this->output, '#Copied DLL to: [-\\\_:.a-zA-Z0-9]+\\\php_example_pie_extension.dll#');
 
@@ -130,6 +133,12 @@ public function theExtensionShouldHaveBeenInstalled(): void
         }
 
         Assert::regex($this->output, '#Install complete: [-_a-zA-Z0-9/]+/example_pie_extension.so#');
+
+        $isExtEnabled = (new Process([self::PHP_BINARY, '-r', 'echo extension_loaded("example_pie_extension")?"yes":"no";']))
+            ->mustRun()
+            ->getOutput();
+
+        Assert::same('yes', $isExtEnabled);
     }
 
     #[Given('I have an invalid extension installed')]