diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/netlify-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/netlify-cli/default.nix
index 8b991faf07d4..f16cce4c1511 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/netlify-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/netlify-cli/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ callPackage, fetchFromGitHub, lib, pkgs }:
 let
   nodePackages = import ./composition.nix { inherit pkgs; };
 in
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ in
     src = fetchFromGitHub (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./netlify-cli.json));
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
+    passthru.tests.test = callPackage ./test.nix { };
     meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ roberth ];
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/netlify-cli/test.nix b/pkgs/development/web/netlify-cli/test.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..22e97e332189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/netlify-cli/test.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  curl,
+  netlify-cli,
+  runCommand,
+}:
+
+runCommand "netlify-cli-test" {
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    netlify-cli
+    curl
+  ];
+  meta.timeout = 600;
+} ''
+  mkdir home
+  export HOME=$PWD/home
+
+  # Create a simple site
+  echo '<h1>hi</h1>' >index.html
+  echo '/with-redirect /' >_redirects
+
+  # Start a local server and wait for it to respond
+  netlify dev --offline --port 8888 2>&1 | tee log &
+  sleep 0.1 || true
+  for (( i=0; i<300; i++ )); do
+    if grep --ignore-case 'Server now ready' <log; then
+      break
+    else
+      sleep 1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # Test the local server
+  curl -L http://localhost:8888/with-redirect | grep '<h1>hi</h1>'
+
+  # Success
+  touch $out
+''