diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 39ee3206d80..5407a071cad 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -294,5 +294,6 @@ in
   xss-lock = handleTest ./xss-lock.nix {};
   yabar = handleTest ./yabar.nix {};
   yggdrasil = handleTest ./yggdrasil.nix {};
+  zsh-history = handleTest ./zsh-history.nix {};
   zookeeper = handleTest ./zookeeper.nix {};
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/zsh-history.nix b/nixos/tests/zsh-history.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4380ec9adfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/zsh-history.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+  name = "zsh-history";
+  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ kampka ];
+  };
+
+  nodes.default = { ... }: {
+    programs = {
+      zsh.enable = true;
+    };
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.zsh-history ];
+    programs.zsh.interactiveShellInit = ''
+      source ${pkgs.zsh-history.out}/share/zsh/init.zsh
+    '';
+    users.users.root.shell = "${pkgs.zsh}/bin/zsh";
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+    default.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    default.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -f 'agetty.*tty1'")
+
+    # Login
+    default.wait_until_tty_matches(1, "login: ")
+    default.send_chars("root\n")
+    default.wait_until_tty_matches(1, "root@default>")
+
+    # Generate some history
+    default.send_chars("echo foobar\n")
+    default.wait_until_tty_matches(1, "foobar")
+
+    # Ensure that command was recorded in history
+    default.succeed("/run/current-system/sw/bin/history list | grep -q foobar")
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-history/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-history/default.nix
index 98e97d78465..ece3c87cb66 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-history/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/zsh-history/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoModule, installShellFiles }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoModule, installShellFiles, nixosTests }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "zsh-history";
@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kampka ];
   };
+
+  passthru.tests = {
+    zsh-history-shell-integration = nixosTests.zsh-history;
+  };
 }