diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 89e92bc8a999..b5099db80260 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ in {
   ndppd = handleTest ./ndppd.nix {};
   nebula = handleTest ./nebula.nix {};
   netbird = handleTest ./netbird.nix {};
+  nimdow = handleTest ./nimdow.nix {};
   neo4j = handleTest ./neo4j.nix {};
   netdata = handleTest ./netdata.nix {};
   networking.networkd = handleTest ./networking.nix { networkd = true; };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nimdow.nix b/nixos/tests/nimdow.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cefe46edc5fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/nimdow.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+  name = "nimdow";
+  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ marcusramberg ];
+  };
+
+  nodes.machine = { lib, ... }: {
+    imports = [ ./common/x11.nix ./common/user-account.nix ];
+    test-support.displayManager.auto.user = "alice";
+    services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = lib.mkForce "none+nimdow";
+    services.xserver.windowManager.nimdow.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  testScript = { ... }: ''
+    with subtest("ensure x starts"):
+        machine.wait_for_x()
+        machine.wait_for_file("/home/alice/.Xauthority")
+        machine.succeed("xauth merge ~alice/.Xauthority")
+
+    with subtest("ensure we can open a new terminal"):
+        machine.send_key("meta_l-ret")
+        machine.wait_for_window(r"alice.*?machine")
+        machine.screenshot("terminal")
+  '';
+})