diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/airsonic.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/airsonic.nix
index 5cc2ff7f4bd..a572f1f6d6f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/airsonic.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/airsonic.nix
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ in {
       '';
       serviceConfig = {
         ExecStart = ''
-          ${pkgs.jre}/bin/java -Xmx${toString cfg.maxMemory}m \
+          ${pkgs.jre8}/bin/java -Xmx${toString cfg.maxMemory}m \
           -Dairsonic.home=${cfg.home} \
           -Dserver.address=${cfg.listenAddress} \
           -Dserver.port=${toString cfg.port} \
diff --git a/nixos/tests/airsonic.nix b/nixos/tests/airsonic.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59bd84877c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/airsonic.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+  name = "airsonic";
+  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ sumnerevans ];
+  };
+
+  machine =
+    { pkgs, ... }:
+    {
+      services.airsonic = {
+        enable = true;
+        maxMemory = 800;
+      };
+
+      # Airsonic is a Java application, and unfortunately requires a significant
+      # amount of memory.
+      virtualisation.memorySize = 1024;
+    };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    def airsonic_is_up(_) -> bool:
+        return machine.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:4040/login")
+
+
+    machine.start()
+    machine.wait_for_unit("airsonic.service")
+    machine.wait_for_open_port(4040)
+
+    with machine.nested("Waiting for UI to work"):
+        retry(airsonic_is_up)
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 9043ab144ab..e39c525a604 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ in
   _3proxy = handleTest ./3proxy.nix {};
   acme = handleTest ./acme.nix {};
   agda = handleTest ./agda.nix {};
+  airsonic = handleTest ./airsonic.nix {};
   amazon-init-shell = handleTest ./amazon-init-shell.nix {};
   ammonite = handleTest ./ammonite.nix {};
   atd = handleTest ./atd.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/misc/airsonic/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/misc/airsonic/default.nix
index bd8310bc74f..8fba050ffad 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/misc/airsonic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/misc/airsonic/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, nixosTests }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "airsonic";
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp "$src" "$out/webapps/airsonic.war"
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    airsonic-starts = nixosTests.airsonic;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Personal media streamer";
     homepage = "https://airsonic.github.io";