diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index fdd95a9b4f94..6c127efa4cea 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ in {
   apfs = runTest ./apfs.nix;
   appliance-repart-image = runTest ./appliance-repart-image.nix;
   apparmor = handleTest ./apparmor.nix {};
+  archi = handleTest ./archi.nix {};
   atd = handleTest ./atd.nix {};
   atop = handleTest ./atop.nix {};
   atuin = handleTest ./atuin.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/archi.nix b/nixos/tests/archi.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59f2e940c005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/archi.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ... }: {
+  name = "archi";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ paumr ];
+
+  nodes.machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    imports = [
+      ./common/x11.nix
+    ];
+
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ archi ];
+  };
+
+  enableOCR = true;
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_x()
+
+    with subtest("createEmptyModel via CLI"):
+         machine.succeed("Archi -application com.archimatetool.commandline.app -consoleLog -nosplash --createEmptyModel --saveModel smoke.archimate")
+         machine.copy_from_vm("smoke.archimate", "")
+
+    with subtest("UI smoketest"):
+         machine.succeed("DISPLAY=:0 Archi --createEmptyModel >&2 &")
+         machine.wait_for_window("Archi")
+
+         # wait till main UI is open
+         machine.wait_for_text("Welcome to Archi")
+
+         machine.screenshot("welcome-screen")
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/archi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/archi/default.nix
index cf9055c78c6a..525c34e9a051 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/archi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/archi/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 , webkitgtk
 , wrapGAppsHook
 , _7zz
+, archi
+, nixosTests
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         mv Archi.app "$out/Applications/"
       '';
 
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) archi; };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "ArchiMate modelling toolkit";
     longDescription = ''