diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index c718c292b25..b6192a5f26a 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ in {
   libreswan = handleTest ./libreswan.nix {};
   librewolf = handleTest ./firefox.nix { firefoxPackage = pkgs.librewolf; };
   libuiohook = handleTest ./libuiohook.nix {};
+  libvirtd = handleTest ./libvirtd.nix {};
   lidarr = handleTest ./lidarr.nix {};
   lightdm = handleTest ./lightdm.nix {};
   lighttpd = handleTest ./lighttpd.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/libvirtd.nix b/nixos/tests/libvirtd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ab082c1e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/libvirtd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+  name = "libvirtd";
+  meta.maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ fpletz ];
+
+  nodes = {
+    virthost =
+      { pkgs, ... }:
+      {
+        virtualisation = {
+          cores = 2;
+          memorySize = 2048;
+
+          libvirtd.enable = true;
+        };
+        networking.nameservers = [ "192.168.122.1" ];
+        security.polkit.enable = true;
+        environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ virt-manager ];
+      };
+  };
+
+  testScript = let
+    nixosInstallISO = (import ../release.nix {}).iso_minimal.${pkgs.hostPlatform.system};
+    virshShutdownCmd = if pkgs.stdenv.isx86_64 then "shutdown" else "destroy";
+  in ''
+    start_all()
+
+    virthost.wait_for_unit("sockets.target")
+
+    with subtest("enable default network"):
+      virthost.succeed("virsh net-start default")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh net-autostart default")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh net-info default")
+
+    with subtest("check if partition disk pools works with parted"):
+      virthost.succeed("fallocate -l100m /tmp/foo; losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/foo; echo 'label: dos' | sfdisk /dev/loop0")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh pool-create-as foo disk --source-dev /dev/loop0 --target /dev")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh vol-create-as foo loop0p1 25MB")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh vol-create-as foo loop0p2 50MB")
+
+    with subtest("check if nixos install iso boots and network works"):
+      virthost.succeed(
+        "virt-install -n nixos --osinfo=nixos-unstable --ram=1024 --graphics=none --disk=`find ${nixosInstallISO}/iso -type f | head -n1`,readonly=on --import --noautoconsole"
+      )
+      virthost.succeed("virsh domstate nixos | grep running")
+      virthost.wait_until_succeeds("ping -c 1 nixos")
+      virthost.succeed("virsh ${virshShutdownCmd} nixos")
+      virthost.wait_until_succeeds("virsh domstate nixos | grep 'shut off'")
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index 5f1b0cc0037..adc9409ddf5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 , xhtml1
 , yajl
 , writeScript
+, nixosTests
 
   # Linux
 , acl ? null
@@ -349,6 +350,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     update-source-version perlPackages.SysVirt "$sysvirtVersion" --file="pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix"
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests.libvirtd = nixosTests.libvirtd;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://libvirt.org/";
     description = ''