diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix
index 9649d3d17ff..e2dd81b1387 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, file, libuv, lz4 }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, file, libuv, lz4, lxd }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "raft-canonical";
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit lxd;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = ''
       Fully asynchronous C implementation of the Raft consensus protocol