diff --git a/nixos/tests/minio.nix b/nixos/tests/minio.nix
index 3b0619742671..02d1f7aa6c20 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/minio.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/minio.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ in {
 
     # Create a test bucket on the server
     machine.succeed(
-        "mc config host add minio http://localhost:9000 ${accessKey} ${secretKey} S3v4"
+        "mc config host add minio http://localhost:9000 ${accessKey} ${secretKey} --api s3v4"
     )
     machine.succeed("mc mb minio/test-bucket")
     machine.succeed("${minioPythonScript}")
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/minio/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/minio/default.nix
index 237193692d71..8b30d7dbbc88 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/minio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/minio/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, nixosTests }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "minio";
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     -s -w -X github.com/minio/minio/cmd.Version=${version}
   ''];
 
+  passthru.tests.minio = nixosTests.minio;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.minio.io/";
     description = "An S3-compatible object storage server";