diff --git a/nixos/tests/dokuwiki.nix b/nixos/tests/dokuwiki.nix
index 260316a3833..6afb6dcfda3 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/dokuwiki.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/dokuwiki.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in {
       superUser = "admin";
     };
     services.dokuwiki."site2.local" = {
-      aclUse = true;
+      usersFile = "/var/lib/dokuwiki/site2.local/users.auth.php";
       superUser = "admin";
       templates = [ template-bootstrap3 ];
       plugins = [ plugin-icalevents ];
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ in {
     machine.wait_for_open_port(80)
 
     machine.succeed("curl -sSfL http://site1.local/ | grep 'DokuWiki'")
+    machine.fail("curl -sSfL 'http://site1.local/doku.php?do=login' | grep 'Login'")
+
     machine.succeed("curl -sSfL http://site2.local/ | grep 'DokuWiki'")
+    machine.succeed("curl -sSfL 'http://site2.local/doku.php?do=login' | grep 'Login'")
+
+    machine.succeed(
+        "echo 'admin:$2y$10$ijdBQMzSVV20SrKtCna8gue36vnsbVm2wItAXvdm876sshI4uwy6S:Admin:admin@example.test:user' >> /var/lib/dokuwiki/site2.local/users.auth.php",
+        "curl -sSfL -d 'u=admin&p=password' --cookie-jar cjar 'http://site2.local/doku.php?do=login'",
+        "curl -sSfL --cookie cjar --cookie-jar cjar 'http://site2.local/doku.php?do=login' | grep 'Logged in as: <bdi>Admin</bdi>'",
+    )
   '';
 })