diff --git a/nixos/tests/lightdm.nix b/nixos/tests/lightdm.nix
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+import ./make-test.nix {
+  name = "lightdm";
+
+  machine = { lib, ... }: {
+    imports = [ ./common/user-account.nix ];
+    services.xserver.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.windowManager.default = "icewm";
+    services.xserver.windowManager.icewm.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.desktopManager.default = "none";
+  };
+
+  enableOCR = true;
+
+  testScript = { nodes, ... }: let
+    user = nodes.machine.config.users.extraUsers.alice;
+  in ''
+    startAll;
+    $machine->waitForText(qr/${user.description}/);
+    $machine->screenshot("lightdm");
+    $machine->sendChars("${user.password}\n");
+    $machine->waitForText(qr/^\d{2}(?::\d{2}){2} (?:AM|PM)$/m);
+    $machine->screenshot("session");
+  '';
+}