diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix
index bc2160c8484c..1a194421a6bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, buildPackages, linuxHeaders, perl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, buildPackages, linuxHeaders, perl, nixosTests }:
 
 let
   commonMakeFlags = [
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    # uses klibc's ipconfig
+    inherit (nixosTests) initrd-network-ssh;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Minimalistic libc subset for initramfs usage";
     homepage = "https://kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/klibc/";