diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/nsd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/nsd/default.nix
index 43c2900443e..67258f176be 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/nsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/nsd/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libevent, openssl
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libevent, openssl, nixosTests
 , bind8Stats       ? false
 , checking         ? false
 , ipv6             ? true
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed 's@$(INSTALL_DATA) nsd.conf.sample $(DESTDIR)$(nsdconfigfile).sample@@g' -i Makefile.in
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) nsd;
+  };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.nlnetlabs.nl";
     description = "Authoritative only, high performance, simple and open source name server";