diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 8386219f73d8..38ff9f8cca4c 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ in {
   man = handleTest ./man.nix {};
   mariadb-galera = handleTest ./mysql/mariadb-galera.nix {};
   mastodon = discoverTests (import ./web-apps/mastodon { inherit handleTestOn; });
+  pixelfed = discoverTests (import ./web-apps/pixelfed { inherit handleTestOn; });
   mate = handleTest ./mate.nix {};
   matomo = handleTest ./matomo.nix {};
   matrix-appservice-irc = handleTest ./matrix/appservice-irc.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/web-apps/pixelfed/default.nix b/nixos/tests/web-apps/pixelfed/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4464ebe43486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/web-apps/pixelfed/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ system ? builtins.currentSystem, handleTestOn }:
+let
+  supportedSystems = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
+
+in
+{
+  standard = handleTestOn supportedSystems ./standard.nix { inherit system; };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/web-apps/pixelfed/standard.nix b/nixos/tests/web-apps/pixelfed/standard.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9260e27af960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/web-apps/pixelfed/standard.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import ../../make-test-python.nix ({pkgs, ...}:
+{
+  name = "pixelfed-standard";
+  meta.maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ raitobezarius ];
+
+  nodes = {
+    server = { pkgs, ... }: {
+      services.pixelfed = {
+        enable = true;
+        domain = "pixelfed.local";
+        # Configure NGINX.
+        nginx = {};
+        secretFile = (pkgs.writeText "secrets.env" ''
+          # Snakeoil secret, can be any random 32-chars secret via CSPRNG.
+          APP_KEY=adKK9EcY8Hcj3PLU7rzG9rJ6KKTOtYfA
+        '');
+        settings."FORCE_HTTPS_URLS" = false;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    # Wait for Pixelfed PHP pool
+    server.wait_for_unit("phpfpm-pixelfed.service")
+    # Wait for NGINX
+    server.wait_for_unit("nginx.service")
+    # Wait for HTTP port
+    server.wait_for_open_port(80)
+    # Access the homepage.
+    server.succeed("curl -H 'Host: pixelfed.local' http://localhost")
+    # Create an account
+    server.succeed("pixelfed-manage user:create --name=test --username=test --email=test@test.com --password=test")
+    # Create a OAuth token.
+    # TODO: figure out how to use it to send a image/toot
+    # server.succeed("pixelfed-manage passport:client --personal")
+    # server.succeed("curl -H 'Host: pixefed.local' -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer secret' -F'status'='test' http://localhost/api/v1/statuses")
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/pixelfed/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/pixelfed/default.nix
index fb9b68f4af51..5a8dfbabd395 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/pixelfed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/pixelfed/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , php
 , pkgs
+, nixosTests
 , dataDir ? "/var/lib/pixelfed"
 , runtimeDir ? "/run/pixelfed"
 }:
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ in package.override rec {
     hash = "sha256-ZrvYKMSx5WymWR46/UKr5jCsclXXzBeY21ju22zeqN0=";
   };
 
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) pixelfed; };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A federated image sharing platform";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;