diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 5e846fc83d1a..9a7f6807ffd5 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ in {
   etebase-server = handleTest ./etebase-server.nix {};
   etesync-dav = handleTest ./etesync-dav.nix {};
   evcc = handleTest ./evcc.nix {};
+  fakeroute = handleTest ./fakeroute.nix {};
   fancontrol = handleTest ./fancontrol.nix {};
   fcitx5 = handleTest ./fcitx5 {};
   fenics = handleTest ./fenics.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/fakeroute.nix b/nixos/tests/fakeroute.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37b174524ab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/fakeroute.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, pkgs, ...} : {
+  name = "fakeroute";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rnhmjoj ];
+
+  nodes.machine = { ... }: {
+    imports = [ ../modules/profiles/minimal.nix ];
+    services.fakeroute.enable = true;
+    services.fakeroute.route =
+      [ "216.102.187.130" "4.0.1.122"
+        "198.116.142.34" "63.199.8.242"
+      ];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.traceroute ];
+  };
+
+  testScript =
+    ''
+      start_all()
+      machine.wait_for_unit("fakeroute.service")
+      machine.succeed("traceroute 127.0.0.1 | grep -q 216.102.187.130")
+    '';
+})
+
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/fakeroute/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/fakeroute/default.nix
index 80753112a31e..fc07b1d9f66c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/fakeroute/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/fakeroute/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, nixosTests }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fakeroute";
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-DoXGJm8vOlAD6ZuvVAt6bkgfahc8WgyYIXCrgqzfiWg=";
   };
 
+  passthru.tests.fakeroute = nixosTests.fakeroute;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = ''
       Make your machine appears to be anywhere on the internet in a traceroute