diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 0322ec9dc551..88b8e36ad0da 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -829,6 +829,7 @@ in {
   systemd-initrd-networkd-openvpn = handleTest ./initrd-network-openvpn { systemdStage1 = true; };
   systemd-initrd-vlan = handleTest ./systemd-initrd-vlan.nix {};
   systemd-journal = handleTest ./systemd-journal.nix {};
+  systemd-journal-gateway = handleTest ./systemd-journal-gateway.nix {};
   systemd-machinectl = handleTest ./systemd-machinectl.nix {};
   systemd-networkd = handleTest ./systemd-networkd.nix {};
   systemd-networkd-dhcpserver = handleTest ./systemd-networkd-dhcpserver.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/systemd-journal-gateway.nix b/nixos/tests/systemd-journal-gateway.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..735e994bb882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/systemd-journal-gateway.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  name = "systemd-journal-gateway";
+  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ minijackson ];
+  };
+
+  # Named client for coherence with the systemd-journal-upload test, and for
+  # certificate validation
+  nodes.client = {
+    services.journald.gateway = {
+      enable = true;
+      cert = "/run/secrets/client/cert.pem";
+      key = "/run/secrets/client/key.pem";
+      trust = "/run/secrets/ca.cert.pem";
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    import json
+    import subprocess
+    import tempfile
+
+    tmpdir_o = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+    tmpdir = tmpdir_o.name
+
+    def generate_pems(domain: str):
+      subprocess.run(
+        [
+          "${pkgs.minica}/bin/minica",
+          "--ca-key=ca.key.pem",
+          "--ca-cert=ca.cert.pem",
+          f"--domains={domain}",
+        ],
+        cwd=str(tmpdir),
+      )
+
+    with subtest("Creating keys and certificates"):
+      generate_pems("server")
+      generate_pems("client")
+
+    client.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+
+    def copy_pem(file: str):
+      machine.copy_from_host(source=f"{tmpdir}/{file}", target=f"/run/secrets/{file}")
+      machine.succeed(f"chmod 644 /run/secrets/{file}")
+
+    with subtest("Copying keys and certificates"):
+      machine.succeed("mkdir -p /run/secrets/{client,server}")
+      copy_pem("server/cert.pem")
+      copy_pem("server/key.pem")
+      copy_pem("client/cert.pem")
+      copy_pem("client/key.pem")
+      copy_pem("ca.cert.pem")
+
+    client.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+
+    curl = '${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl'
+    accept_json = '--header "Accept: application/json"'
+    cacert = '--cacert /run/secrets/ca.cert.pem'
+    cert = '--cert /run/secrets/server/cert.pem'
+    key = '--key /run/secrets/server/key.pem'
+    base_url = 'https://client:19531'
+
+    curl_cli = f"{curl} {accept_json} {cacert} {cert} {key} --fail"
+
+    machine_info = client.succeed(f"{curl_cli} {base_url}/machine")
+    assert json.loads(machine_info)["hostname"] == "client", "wrong machine name"
+
+    # The HTTP request should have started the gateway service, triggered by
+    # the .socket unit
+    client.wait_for_unit("systemd-journal-gatewayd.service")
+
+    identifier = "nixos-test"
+    message = "Hello from NixOS test infrastructure"
+
+    client.succeed(f"systemd-cat --identifier={identifier} <<< '{message}'")
+
+    # max-time is a workaround against a bug in systemd-journal-gatewayd where
+    # if TLS is enabled, the connection is never closed. Since it will timeout,
+    # we ignore the return code.
+    entries = client.succeed(
+        f"{curl_cli} --max-time 5 {base_url}/entries?SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER={identifier} || true"
+    )
+
+    # Number of entries should be only 1
+    added_entry = json.loads(entries)
+    assert added_entry["SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER"] == identifier and added_entry["MESSAGE"] == message, "journal entry does not correspond"
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/nixos/tests/systemd-journal.nix b/nixos/tests/systemd-journal.nix
index d2063a3b9a44..ad60c0f547a4 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/systemd-journal.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/systemd-journal.nix
@@ -6,17 +6,11 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }:
     maintainers = [ lewo ];
   };
 
-  nodes.machine = { pkgs, lib, ... }: {
-    services.journald.enableHttpGateway = true;
-  };
+  nodes.machine = { };
 
   testScript = ''
     machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
 
     machine.succeed("journalctl --grep=systemd")
-
-    machine.succeed(
-        "${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -s localhost:19531/machine | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq -e '.hostname == \"machine\"'"
-    )
   '';
 })