diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 1ed0f760c9a2..d428b1b92cae 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ in {
   gnome-extensions = handleTest ./gnome-extensions.nix {};
   gnome-flashback = handleTest ./gnome-flashback.nix {};
   gnome-xorg = handleTest ./gnome-xorg.nix {};
+  gns3-server = handleTest ./gns3-server.nix {};
   gnupg = handleTest ./gnupg.nix {};
   go-neb = handleTest ./go-neb.nix {};
   gobgpd = handleTest ./gobgpd.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/gns3-server.nix b/nixos/tests/gns3-server.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e37d751f5f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/gns3-server.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
+  name = "gns3-server";
+  meta.maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.anthonyroussel ];
+
+  nodes.machine =
+    { ... }:
+    let
+      tls-cert = pkgs.runCommand "selfSignedCerts" { buildInputs = [ pkgs.openssl ]; } ''
+        openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -nodes -days 365 \
+          -subj '/CN=localhost'
+        install -D -t $out key.pem cert.pem
+      '';
+    in {
+      services.gns3-server = {
+        enable = true;
+        auth = {
+          enable = true;
+          user = "user";
+          passwordFile = pkgs.writeText "gns3-auth-password-file" "password";
+        };
+        ssl = {
+          enable = true;
+          certFile = "${tls-cert}/cert.pem";
+          keyFile = "${tls-cert}/key.pem";
+        };
+        dynamips.enable = true;
+        ubridge.enable = true;
+        vpcs.enable = true;
+      };
+
+      security.pki.certificateFiles = [ "${tls-cert}/cert.pem" ];
+    };
+
+  testScript = let
+    createProject = pkgs.writeText "createProject.json" (builtins.toJSON {
+      name = "test_project";
+    });
+  in
+  ''
+    start_all()
+
+    machine.wait_for_unit("gns3-server.service")
+    machine.wait_for_open_port(3080)
+
+    with subtest("server is listening"):
+      machine.succeed("curl -sSfL -u user:password https://localhost:3080/v2/version")
+
+    with subtest("create dummy project"):
+      machine.succeed("curl -sSfL -u user:password https://localhost:3080/v2/projects -d @${createProject}")
+
+    with subtest("logging works"):
+      log_path = "/var/log/gns3/server.log"
+      machine.wait_for_file(log_path)
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/gns3/server.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/gns3/server.nix
index 9253412aac03..ae792037e453 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/gns3/server.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/gns3/server.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pkgsStatic
 , stdenv
+, nixosTests
 , testers
 , gns3-server
 }:
@@ -75,9 +76,12 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
     "--reruns 3"
   ];
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-    package = gns3-server;
-    command = "${lib.getExe gns3-server} --version";
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) gns3-server;
+    version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = gns3-server;
+      command = "${lib.getExe gns3-server} --version";
+    };
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {