diff --git a/nixos/tests/restic.nix b/nixos/tests/restic.nix
index 67bb7f1933d..dad5bdfff27 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/restic.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/restic.nix
@@ -4,33 +4,50 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix (
     let
       password = "some_password";
       repository = "/tmp/restic-backup";
-      passwordFile = pkgs.writeText "password" "correcthorsebatterystaple";
+      rcloneRepository = "rclone:local:/tmp/restic-rclone-backup";
+
+      passwordFile = "${pkgs.writeText "password" "correcthorsebatterystaple"}";
+      initialize = true;
+      paths = [ "/opt" ];
+      pruneOpts = [
+        "--keep-daily 2"
+        "--keep-weekly 1"
+        "--keep-monthly 1"
+        "--keep-yearly 99"
+      ];
     in
       {
         name = "restic";
 
         meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
-          maintainers = [ bbigras ];
+          maintainers = [ bbigras i077 ];
         };
 
         nodes = {
           server =
-            { ... }:
+            { pkgs, ... }:
               {
                 services.restic.backups = {
                   remotebackup = {
-                    inherit repository;
-                    passwordFile = "${passwordFile}";
-                    initialize = true;
-                    paths = [ "/opt" ];
-                    pruneOpts = [
-                      "--keep-daily 2"
-                      "--keep-weekly 1"
-                      "--keep-monthly 1"
-                      "--keep-yearly 99"
-                    ];
+                    inherit repository passwordFile initialize paths pruneOpts;
+                  };
+                  rclonebackup = {
+                    repository = rcloneRepository;
+                    rcloneConfig = {
+                      type = "local";
+                      one_file_system = true;
+                    };
+
+                    # This gets overridden by rcloneConfig.type
+                    rcloneConfigFile = pkgs.writeText "rclone.conf" ''
+                      [local]
+                      type=ftp
+                    '';
+                    inherit passwordFile initialize paths pruneOpts;
                   };
                 };
+
+                environment.sessionVariables.RCLONE_CONFIG_LOCAL_TYPE = "local";
               };
         };
 
@@ -38,25 +55,35 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix (
           server.start()
           server.wait_for_unit("dbus.socket")
           server.fail(
-              "${pkgs.restic}/bin/restic -r ${repository} -p ${passwordFile} snapshots"
+              "${pkgs.restic}/bin/restic -r ${repository} -p ${passwordFile} snapshots",
+              "${pkgs.restic}/bin/restic -r ${rcloneRepository} -p ${passwordFile} snapshots",
           )
           server.succeed(
               "mkdir -p /opt",
               "touch /opt/some_file",
+              "mkdir -p /tmp/restic-rclone-backup",
               "timedatectl set-time '2016-12-13 13:45'",
               "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
+              "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
               '${pkgs.restic}/bin/restic -r ${repository} -p ${passwordFile} snapshots -c | grep -e "^1 snapshot"',
+              '${pkgs.restic}/bin/restic -r ${rcloneRepository} -p ${passwordFile} snapshots -c | grep -e "^1 snapshot"',
               "timedatectl set-time '2017-12-13 13:45'",
               "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
+              "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
               "timedatectl set-time '2018-12-13 13:45'",
               "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
+              "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
               "timedatectl set-time '2018-12-14 13:45'",
               "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
+              "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
               "timedatectl set-time '2018-12-15 13:45'",
               "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
+              "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
               "timedatectl set-time '2018-12-16 13:45'",
               "systemctl start restic-backups-remotebackup.service",
+              "systemctl start restic-backups-rclonebackup.service",
               '${pkgs.restic}/bin/restic -r ${repository} -p ${passwordFile} snapshots -c | grep -e "^4 snapshot"',
+              '${pkgs.restic}/bin/restic -r ${rcloneRepository} -p ${passwordFile} snapshots -c | grep -e "^4 snapshot"',
           )
         '';
       }