diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 506cba25ba50..ee5b5e8396d5 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ in {
   smokeping = handleTest ./smokeping.nix {};
   snapcast = handleTest ./snapcast.nix {};
   snapper = handleTest ./snapper.nix {};
+  snipe-it = runTest ./web-apps/snipe-it.nix;
   soapui = handleTest ./soapui.nix {};
   sogo = handleTest ./sogo.nix {};
   solanum = handleTest ./solanum.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/web-apps/snipe-it.nix b/nixos/tests/web-apps/snipe-it.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..123d7742056b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/web-apps/snipe-it.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+Snipe-IT NixOS test
+
+It covers the following scenario:
+- Installation
+- Backup and restore
+
+Scenarios NOT covered by this test (but perhaps in the future):
+- Sending and receiving emails
+*/
+{ pkgs, ... }: let
+  siteName = "NixOS Snipe-IT Test Instance";
+in {
+  name = "snipe-it";
+
+  meta.maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ yayayayaka ];
+
+  nodes = {
+    snipeit = { ... }: {
+      services.snipe-it = {
+        enable = true;
+        appKeyFile = toString (pkgs.writeText "snipe-it-app-key" "uTqGUN5GUmUrh/zSAYmhyzRk62pnpXICyXv9eeITI8k=");
+        hostName = "localhost";
+        database.createLocally = true;
+        mail = {
+          driver = "smtp";
+          encryption = "tls";
+          host = "localhost";
+          port = 1025;
+          from.name = "Snipe-IT NixOS test";
+          from.address = "snipe-it@localhost";
+          replyTo.address = "snipe-it@localhost";
+          user = "snipe-it@localhost";
+          passwordFile = toString (pkgs.writeText "snipe-it-mail-pass" "a-secure-mail-password");
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = { nodes }: let
+    backupPath = "${nodes.snipeit.services.snipe-it.dataDir}/storage/app/backups";
+
+    # Snipe-IT has been installed successfully if the site name shows up on the login page
+    checkLoginPage = { shouldSucceed ? true }: ''
+      snipeit.${if shouldSucceed then "succeed" else "fail"}("""curl http://localhost/login | grep '${siteName}'""")
+    '';
+  in ''
+    start_all()
+
+    snipeit.wait_for_unit("nginx.service")
+    snipeit.wait_for_unit("snipe-it-setup.service")
+
+    # Create an admin user
+    snipeit.succeed(
+        """
+        snipe-it snipeit:create-admin \
+            --username="admin" \
+            --email="janedoe@localhost" \
+            --password="extremesecurepassword" \
+            --first_name="Jane" \
+            --last_name="Doe"
+        """
+    )
+
+    with subtest("Circumvent the pre-flight setup by just writing some settings into the database ourself"):
+        snipeit.succeed(
+            """
+            mysql -D ${nodes.snipeit.services.snipe-it.database.name} -e "INSERT INTO settings (id, user_id, site_name) VALUES ('1', '1', '${siteName}');"
+            """
+        )
+
+        # Usually these are generated during the pre-flight setup
+        snipeit.succeed("snipe-it passport:keys")
+
+
+    # Login page should now contain the configured site name
+    ${checkLoginPage {}}
+
+    with subtest("Test Backup and restore"):
+        snipeit.succeed("snipe-it snipeit:backup")
+
+        # One zip file should have been created
+        snipeit.succeed("""[ "$(ls -1 "${backupPath}" | wc -l)" -eq 1 ]""")
+
+        # Purge the state
+        snipeit.succeed("snipe-it migrate:fresh --force")
+
+        # Login page should disappear
+        ${checkLoginPage { shouldSucceed = false; }}
+
+        # Restore the state
+        snipeit.succeed(
+            """
+            snipe-it snipeit:restore --force $(find "${backupPath}/" -type f -name "*.zip")
+            """
+        )
+
+        # Login page should be back again
+        ${checkLoginPage {}}
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/snipe-it/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/snipe-it/default.nix
index bd47f57e9b73..9f782b45ddaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/snipe-it/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/snipe-it/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , dataDir ? "/var/lib/snipe-it"
 , mariadb
+, nixosTests
 }:
 
 let
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ in package.override rec {
     sha256 = "0c8cjywhyiywfav2syjkah777qj5f1jrckgri70ypqyxbwgb4rpm";
   };
 
+  passthru.tests = nixosTests.snipe-it;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A free open source IT asset/license management system";
     longDescription = ''