diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix
index 83f9eaff9774..0dcde2b1e330 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/rsyslog/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , liblogging ? null, libnet ? null, hadoop ? null, rdkafka ? null
 , libmongo-client ? null, czmq ? null, rabbitmq-c ? null, hiredis ? null, mongoc ? null
 , libmaxminddb ? null
+, nixosTests ? null
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (mkFlag true                      "generate-man-pages")
   ];
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    nixos-rsyslogd = nixosTests.rsyslogd;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = https://www.rsyslog.com/;
     description = "Enhanced syslog implementation";