diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix
index f7a67ce398d..2c315feba84 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/redis/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lua, jemalloc }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, lua, jemalloc, nixosTests }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.0.6";
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # needs tcl
 
+  passthru.tests.redis = nixosTests.redis;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://redis.io;
     description = "An open source, advanced key-value store";