diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 837bdc7e9fdda0..3d76569e4849cb 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ in {
   parsedmarc = handleTest ./parsedmarc {};
   password-option-override-ordering = handleTest ./password-option-override-ordering.nix {};
   pdns-recursor = handleTest ./pdns-recursor.nix {};
+  pds = handleTest ./pds.nix {};
   peerflix = handleTest ./peerflix.nix {};
   peering-manager = handleTest ./web-apps/peering-manager.nix {};
   peertube = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./web-apps/peertube.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/pds.nix b/nixos/tests/pds.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4c4ab2a64326dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/pds.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix (
+  { lib, ... }:
+  {
+    name = "PDS";
+
+    nodes.machine = {
+      services.pds = {
+        enable = true;
+        settings = {
+          PDS_PORT = 3000;
+          PDS_HOSTNAME = "example.com";
+
+          # Snake oil testing credentials
+          PDS_JWT_SECRET = "7b93fee53be046bf59c27a32a0fb2069";
+          PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD = "3a4077bc0d5f04eca945ef0509f7e809";
+          PDS_PLC_ROTATION_KEY_K256_PRIVATE_KEY_HEX = "ae4f5028d04c833ba630f29debd5ff80b7700e43e9f4bf70f729a88cd6a6ce35";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    testScript = ''
+      machine.wait_for_unit("pds.service")
+      machine.wait_for_open_port(3000)
+      machine.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:3000")
+    '';
+
+    meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ t4ccer ];
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pds/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pds/package.nix
index ad6b5371f55648..8dfca8215acd7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pds/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pds/package.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   nodejs,
   vips,
   pkg-config,
+  nixosTests,
   lib,
 }:
 
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) pds;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Bluesky Personal Data Server (PDS)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds";