diff --git a/test/0-init-fail-json.script.d b/test/0-init-fail-json.script.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d629385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/0-init-fail-json.script.d
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/+ dub.sdl:
+	name "0-init-fail-json"
+	dependency "common" path="./common"
+ +/
+
+module _0_init_fail_json;
+
+import std.file : exists, remove;
+import std.path : buildPath;
+import std.process : environment, spawnProcess, wait;
+
+import common;
+
+int main()
+{
+	enum packname = "0-init-fail-pack";
+	enum deps = "logger PACKAGE_DONT_EXIST"; // would be very unlucky if it does exist...
+
+	auto dub = environment.get("DUB");
+	if (!dub.length)
+		die(`Environment variable "DUB" must be defined to run the tests.`);
+
+	//** if $$DUB init -n $packname $deps -f json 2>/dev/null; then
+	if (!spawnProcess([dub, "init", "-n", packname, deps, "-f", "json"]).wait)
+		die("Init with unknown non-existing dependency expected to fail");
+
+	//** if [ -e $packname/dub.json ]; then # package is there, it should have failed
+	const filepath = buildPath(packname, "dub.json");
+	if (filepath.exists)
+	{
+		remove(packname);
+		die(filepath ~ " was not created");
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/0-init-fail-json.sh b/test/0-init-fail-json.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 069014e..0000000
--- a/test/0-init-fail-json.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-. $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/common.sh
-packname="0-init-fail-pack"
-deps="logger PACKAGE_DONT_EXIST" # would be very unlucky if it does exist...
-
-if $$DUB init -n $packname $deps -f json 2>/dev/null; then
-    die $LINENO 'Init with unknown non-existing dependency expected to fail'
-fi
-
-
-function cleanup {
-    rm -rf $packname
-}
-
-if [ -e $packname/dub.json ]; then # package is there, it should have failed
-    cleanup
-    die $LINENO "$packname/dub.json was not created"
-fi