diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 659e538b31d..c491b559213 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ in
   home-assistant = handleTest ./home-assistant.nix {};
   hostname = handleTest ./hostname.nix {};
   hound = handleTest ./hound.nix {};
+  hub = handleTest ./git/hub.nix {};
   hydra = handleTest ./hydra {};
   i3wm = handleTest ./i3wm.nix {};
   icingaweb2 = handleTest ./icingaweb2.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/git/hub.nix b/nixos/tests/git/hub.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2359e887ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/git/hub.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+  name = "hub";
+  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ nequissimus ];
+  };
+
+  nodes.hub = { pkgs, ... }:
+    {
+      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.gitAndTools.hub ];
+    };
+
+  testScript =
+    ''
+      assert "git version ${pkgs.git.version}\nhub version ${pkgs.gitAndTools.hub.version}\n" in hub.succeed("hub version")
+      assert "These GitHub commands are provided by hub" in hub.succeed("hub help")
+    '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix
index 1fc729783d0..788512df85c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, git, groff, installShellFiles, util-linux }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, git, groff, installShellFiles, util-linux, nixosTests }:
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "hub";
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     installManPage share/man/man[1-9]/*.[1-9]
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) hub; };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Command-line wrapper for git that makes you better at GitHub";
     license = licenses.mit;