diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index b0dd7ca0766..2e7de66ff63 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ in {
   apparmor = handleTest ./apparmor.nix {};
   atd = handleTest ./atd.nix {};
   atop = handleTest ./atop.nix {};
+  auth-mysql = handleTest ./auth-mysql.nix {};
   avahi = handleTest ./avahi.nix {};
   avahi-with-resolved = handleTest ./avahi.nix { networkd = true; };
   babeld = handleTest ./babeld.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/auth-mysql.nix b/nixos/tests/auth-mysql.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ed4b050a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/auth-mysql.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  dbUser = "nixos_auth";
+  dbPassword = "topsecret123";
+  dbName = "auth";
+
+  mysqlUsername = "mysqltest";
+  mysqlPassword = "topsecretmysqluserpassword123";
+  mysqlGroup = "mysqlusers";
+
+  localUsername = "localtest";
+  localPassword = "topsecretlocaluserpassword123";
+
+  mysqlInit = pkgs.writeText "mysqlInit" ''
+      CREATE USER '${dbUser}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '${dbPassword}';
+      CREATE DATABASE ${dbName};
+      GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ${dbName}.* TO '${dbUser}'@'localhost';
+      FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+
+      USE ${dbName};
+      CREATE TABLE `groups` (
+        rowid int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+        gid int(11) NOT NULL,
+        name char(255) NOT NULL,
+        PRIMARY KEY (rowid)
+      );
+
+      CREATE TABLE `users` (
+        name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+        uid int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+        gid int(11) NOT NULL,
+        password varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+        PRIMARY KEY (uid),
+        UNIQUE (name)
+      ) AUTO_INCREMENT=5000;
+
+      INSERT INTO `users` (name, uid, gid, password) VALUES
+      ('${mysqlUsername}', 5000, 5000, SHA2('${mysqlPassword}', 256));
+      INSERT INTO `groups` (name, gid) VALUES ('${mysqlGroup}', 5000);
+    '';
+in
+{
+  name = "auth-mysql";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ netali ];
+
+  nodes.machine =
+    { ... }:
+    {
+      services.mysql = {
+        enable = true;
+        package = pkgs.mariadb;
+        settings.mysqld.bind-address = "127.0.0.1";
+        initialScript = mysqlInit;
+      };
+
+      users.users.${localUsername} = {
+        isNormalUser = true;
+        password = localPassword;
+      };
+
+      security.pam.services.login.makeHomeDir = true;
+
+      users.mysql = {
+        enable = true;
+        host = "127.0.0.1";
+        user = dbUser;
+        database = dbName;
+        passwordFile = "${builtins.toFile "dbPassword" dbPassword}";
+        pam = {
+          table = "users";
+          userColumn = "name";
+          passwordColumn = "password";
+          passwordCrypt = "sha256";
+          disconnectEveryOperation = true;
+        };
+        nss = {
+          getpwnam = ''
+            SELECT name, 'x', uid, gid, name, CONCAT('/home/', name), "/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash" \
+            FROM users \
+            WHERE name='%1$s' \
+            LIMIT 1
+          '';
+          getpwuid = ''
+            SELECT name, 'x', uid, gid, name, CONCAT('/home/', name), "/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash" \
+            FROM users \
+            WHERE id=%1$u \
+            LIMIT 1
+          '';
+          getspnam = ''
+            SELECT name, password, 1, 0, 99999, 7, 0, -1, 0 \
+            FROM users \
+            WHERE name='%1$s' \
+            LIMIT 1
+          '';
+          getpwent = ''
+            SELECT name, 'x', uid, gid, name, CONCAT('/home/', name), "/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash" \
+            FROM users
+          '';
+          getspent = ''
+            SELECT name, password, 1, 0, 99999, 7, 0, -1, 0 \
+            FROM users
+          '';
+          getgrnam = ''
+            SELECT name, 'x', gid FROM groups WHERE name='%1$s' LIMIT 1
+          '';
+          getgrgid = ''
+            SELECT name, 'x', gid FROM groups WHERE gid='%1$u' LIMIT 1
+          '';
+          getgrent = ''
+            SELECT name, 'x', gid FROM groups
+          '';
+          memsbygid = ''
+            SELECT name FROM users WHERE gid=%1$u
+          '';
+          gidsbymem = ''
+            SELECT gid FROM users WHERE name='%1$s'
+          '';
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    def switch_to_tty(tty_number):
+        machine.fail(f"pgrep -f 'agetty.*tty{tty_number}'")
+        machine.send_key(f"alt-f{tty_number}")
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds(f"[ $(fgconsole) = {tty_number} ]")
+        machine.wait_for_unit(f"getty@tty{tty_number}.service")
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds(f"pgrep -f 'agetty.*tty{tty_number}'")
+
+
+    def try_login(tty_number, username, password):
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches(tty_number, "login: ")
+        machine.send_chars(f"{username}\n")
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches(tty_number, f"login: {username}")
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep login")
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches(tty_number, "Password: ")
+        machine.send_chars(f"{password}\n")
+
+
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("mysql.service")
+    machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -f 'agetty.*tty1'")
+
+    with subtest("Local login"):
+        switch_to_tty("2")
+        try_login("2", "${localUsername}", "${localPassword}")
+
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -u ${localUsername} bash")
+        machine.send_chars("id > local_id.txt\n")
+        machine.wait_for_file("/home/${localUsername}/local_id.txt")
+        machine.succeed("cat /home/${localUsername}/local_id.txt | grep 'uid=1000(${localUsername}) gid=100(users) groups=100(users)'")
+
+    with subtest("Local incorrect login"):
+        switch_to_tty("3")
+        try_login("3", "${localUsername}", "wrongpassword")
+
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches("3", "Login incorrect")
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches("3", "login:")
+
+    with subtest("MySQL login"):
+        switch_to_tty("4")
+        try_login("4", "${mysqlUsername}", "${mysqlPassword}")
+
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -u ${mysqlUsername} bash")
+        machine.send_chars("id > mysql_id.txt\n")
+        machine.wait_for_file("/home/${mysqlUsername}/mysql_id.txt")
+        machine.succeed("cat /home/${mysqlUsername}/mysql_id.txt | grep 'uid=5000(${mysqlUsername}) gid=5000(${mysqlGroup}) groups=5000(${mysqlGroup})'")
+
+    with subtest("MySQL incorrect login"):
+        switch_to_tty("5")
+        try_login("5", "${mysqlUsername}", "wrongpassword")
+
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches("5", "Login incorrect")
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches("5", "login:")
+    '';
+})