diff --git a/nixos/tests/acme-dns.nix b/nixos/tests/acme-dns.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92d9498fe714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/acme-dns.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ ... }: {
+  name = "acme-dns";
+
+  nodes.machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    services.acme-dns = {
+      enable = true;
+      settings = {
+        general = rec {
+          domain = "acme-dns.home.arpa";
+          nsname = domain;
+          nsadmin = "admin.home.arpa";
+          records = [
+            "${domain}. A 127.0.0.1"
+            "${domain}. AAAA ::1"
+            "${domain}. NS ${domain}."
+          ];
+        };
+        logconfig.loglevel = "debug";
+      };
+    };
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ curl bind ];
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    import json
+
+    machine.wait_for_unit("acme-dns.service")
+    machine.wait_for_open_port(53) # dns
+    machine.wait_for_open_port(8080) # http api
+
+    result = machine.succeed("curl --fail -X POST http://localhost:8080/register")
+    print(result)
+
+    registration = json.loads(result)
+
+    machine.succeed(f'dig -t TXT @localhost {registration["fulldomain"]} | grep "SOA" | grep "admin.home.arpa"')
+
+    # acme-dns exspects a TXT value string length of exactly 43 chars
+    txt = "___dummy_validation_token_for_txt_record___"
+
+    machine.succeed(
+      "curl --fail -X POST http://localhost:8080/update "
+      + f' -H "X-Api-User: {registration["username"]}"'
+      + f' -H "X-Api-Key: {registration["password"]}"'
+      + f' -d \'{{"subdomain":"{registration["subdomain"]}", "txt":"{txt}"}}\'''
+    )
+
+    assert txt in machine.succeed(f'dig -t TXT +short @localhost {registration["fulldomain"]}')
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index abe281a204b4..04bbf3b876aa 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ in {
   _3proxy = runTest ./3proxy.nix;
   aaaaxy = runTest ./aaaaxy.nix;
   acme = runTest ./acme.nix;
+  acme-dns = handleTest ./acme-dns.nix {};
   adguardhome = runTest ./adguardhome.nix;
   aesmd = runTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./aesmd.nix;
   agate = runTest ./web-servers/agate.nix;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/acme-dns/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/acme-dns/default.nix
index d0e146e80fd2..08cd511f1827 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/acme-dns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/acme-dns/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, nixosTests
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/systemd/system/acme-dns.service --replace "/usr/local/bin/acme-dns" "$out/bin/acme-dns"
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) acme-dns; };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Limited DNS server to handle ACME DNS challenges easily and securely";
     homepage = "https://github.com/joohoi/acme-dns";