diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/nimdow.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/nimdow.nix
index de3192876024..9cee4bb271a5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/nimdow.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/nimdow.nix
@@ -8,16 +8,23 @@ in
 {
   options = {
     services.xserver.windowManager.nimdow.enable = mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "nimdow");
+    services.xserver.windowManager.nimdow.package = mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      default = pkgs.nimdow;
+      defaultText = "pkgs.nimdow";
+      description = lib.mdDoc "nimdow package to use";
+    };
   };
 
+
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     services.xserver.windowManager.session = singleton {
       name = "nimdow";
       start = ''
-        ${pkgs.nimdow}/bin/nimdow &
+        ${cfg.package}/bin/nimdow &
         waitPID=$!
       '';
     };
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.nimdow ];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package pkgs.st ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index c57fb74a01e7..f713e3bfdc6f 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ in {
   ndppd = handleTest ./ndppd.nix {};
   nebula = handleTest ./nebula.nix {};
   netbird = handleTest ./netbird.nix {};
+  nimdow = handleTest ./nimdow.nix {};
   neo4j = handleTest ./neo4j.nix {};
   netdata = handleTest ./netdata.nix {};
   networking.networkd = handleTest ./networking.nix { networkd = true; };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nimdow.nix b/nixos/tests/nimdow.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cefe46edc5fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/nimdow.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+  name = "nimdow";
+  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ marcusramberg ];
+  };
+
+  nodes.machine = { lib, ... }: {
+    imports = [ ./common/x11.nix ./common/user-account.nix ];
+    test-support.displayManager.auto.user = "alice";
+    services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = lib.mkForce "none+nimdow";
+    services.xserver.windowManager.nimdow.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  testScript = { ... }: ''
+    with subtest("ensure x starts"):
+        machine.wait_for_x()
+        machine.wait_for_file("/home/alice/.Xauthority")
+        machine.succeed("xauth merge ~alice/.Xauthority")
+
+    with subtest("ensure we can open a new terminal"):
+        machine.send_key("meta_l-ret")
+        machine.wait_for_window(r"alice.*?machine")
+        machine.screenshot("terminal")
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix
index a77fb05298b7..7a5542c2c05f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, testers }:
+{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, nixosTests, testers }:
 
 buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "nimdow";
@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@ buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
     substituteInPlace src/nimdowpkg/config/configloader.nim --replace "/usr/share/nimdow" "$out/share/nimdow"
   '';
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
-    version = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+  passthru.tests = {
+    nimdow = nixosTests.nimdow;
+    version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+      version = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    };
   };
 
   meta = with lib;
     finalAttrs.src.meta // {
       description = "Nim based tiling window manager";
+      platforms = platforms.linux;
       license = [ licenses.gpl2 ];
       maintainers = [ maintainers.marcusramberg ];
       mainProgram = "nimdow";