diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/default.nix
index 1aba61de0543..a88a807a9f97 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, jre, makeWrapper }:
+{ callPackage, lib, stdenv, fetchurl, jre, makeWrapper }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let this = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.1.0";
   pname = "openapi-generator-cli";
 
@@ -30,4 +30,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.shou ];
   };
-}
+
+  passthru.tests.example = callPackage ./example.nix {
+    openapi-generator-cli = this;
+  };
+};
+in this
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/example.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/example.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f59173b9744a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/example.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ openapi-generator-cli, fetchurl, runCommand }:
+
+runCommand "openapi-generator-cli-test" {
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ openapi-generator-cli ];
+  petstore = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/14c0908becbccd78252be49bd92be8c53cd2b9e3/examples/v3.0/petstore.yaml";
+    sha256 = "sha256:1mgdbzv42alv0b1a18dqbabqyvyhrg3brynr5hqsrm3qljfzaq5b";
+  };
+  config = builtins.toJSON {
+    elmVersion = "0.19";
+    elmPrefixCustomTypeVariants = false;
+  };
+  passAsFile = [ "config" ];
+} ''
+  openapi-generator-cli generate \
+    --input-spec $petstore \
+    --enable-post-process-file \
+    --generator-name elm \
+    --config "$config" \
+    --additional-properties elmEnableCustomBasePaths=true \
+    --output "$out" \
+    ;
+  find $out
+  echo >&2 'Looking for some keywords'
+  set -x
+  grep 'module Api.Request.Pets' $out/src/Api/Request/Pets.elm
+  grep 'createPets' $out/src/Api/Request/Pets.elm
+  grep '"limit"' $out/src/Api/Request/Pets.elm
+  set +x
+  echo "Looks OK!"
+''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/unstable.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/unstable.nix
index 1384f35a3f20..63a780951aca 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openapi-generator-cli/unstable.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, jre, makeWrapper }:
+{ callPackage, lib, stdenv, fetchurl, jre, makeWrapper }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let this = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "6.0.0-2021-01-18";  # Also update the fetchurl link
   pname = "openapi-generator-cli";
 
@@ -30,5 +30,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.shou ];
   };
-}
 
+  passthru.tests.example = callPackage ./example.nix {
+    openapi-generator-cli = this;
+  };
+};
+in this