diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index fe51123f1d0f..2ed481ba38cc 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ in {
   gnome = handleTest ./gnome.nix {};
   gnome-flashback = handleTest ./gnome-flashback.nix {};
   gnome-xorg = handleTest ./gnome-xorg.nix {};
+  gnupg = handleTest ./gnupg.nix {};
   go-neb = handleTest ./go-neb.nix {};
   gobgpd = handleTest ./gobgpd.nix {};
   gocd-agent = handleTest ./gocd-agent.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/gnupg.nix b/nixos/tests/gnupg.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65a9a93007fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/gnupg.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ...}:
+
+{
+  name = "gnupg";
+  meta = with lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ rnhmjoj ];
+  };
+
+  # server for testing SSH
+  nodes.server = { ... }: {
+    imports = [ ../modules/profiles/minimal.nix ];
+
+    users.users.alice.isNormalUser = true;
+    services.openssh.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  # machine for testing GnuPG
+  nodes.machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    imports = [ ../modules/profiles/minimal.nix ];
+
+    users.users.alice.isNormalUser = true;
+    services.getty.autologinUser = "alice";
+
+    environment.shellInit = ''
+      # preset a key passphrase in gpg-agent
+      preset_key() {
+        # find all keys
+        case "$1" in
+          ssh) grips=$(awk '/^[0-9A-F]/{print $1}' "''${GNUPGHOME:-$HOME/.gnupg}/sshcontrol") ;;
+          pgp) grips=$(gpg --with-keygrip --list-secret-keys | awk '/Keygrip/{print $3}') ;;
+        esac
+
+        # try to preset the passphrase for each key found
+        for grip in $grips; do
+          "$(gpgconf --list-dirs libexecdir)/gpg-preset-passphrase" -c -P "$2" "$grip"
+        done
+      }
+    '';
+
+    programs.gnupg.agent.enable = true;
+    programs.gnupg.agent.enableSSHSupport = true;
+  };
+
+  testScript =
+    ''
+      import shlex
+
+
+      def as_alice(command: str) -> str:
+          """
+          Wraps a command to run it as Alice in a login shell
+          """
+          quoted = shlex.quote(command)
+          return "su --login alice --command " + quoted
+
+
+      start_all()
+
+      with subtest("Wait for the autologin"):
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "alice@machine")
+
+      with subtest("Can generate a PGP key"):
+          # Note: this needs a tty because of pinentry
+          machine.send_chars("gpg --gen-key\n")
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "Real name:")
+          machine.send_chars("Alice\n")
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "Email address:")
+          machine.send_chars("alice@machine\n")
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "Change")
+          machine.send_chars("O\n")
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "Please enter")
+          machine.send_chars("pgp_p4ssphrase\n")
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "Please re-enter")
+          machine.send_chars("pgp_p4ssphrase\n")
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "public and secret key created")
+
+      with subtest("Confirm the key is in the keyring"):
+          machine.wait_until_succeeds(as_alice("gpg --list-secret-keys | grep -q alice@machine"))
+
+      with subtest("Can generate and add an SSH key"):
+          machine.succeed(as_alice("ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f alice -N ssh_p4ssphrase"))
+
+          # Note: apparently this must be run before using the OpenSSH agent
+          # socket for the first time in a tty. It's not needed for `ssh`
+          # because there's a hook that calls it automatically (only in NixOS).
+          machine.send_chars("gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye\n")
+
+          # Note: again, this needs a tty because of pinentry
+          machine.send_chars("ssh-add alice\n")
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "Enter passphrase")
+          machine.send_chars("ssh_p4ssphrase\n")
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "Please enter")
+          machine.send_chars("ssh_agent_p4ssphrase\n")
+          machine.wait_until_tty_matches("1", "Please re-enter")
+          machine.send_chars("ssh_agent_p4ssphrase\n")
+
+      with subtest("Confirm the SSH key has been registered"):
+          machine.wait_until_succeeds(as_alice("ssh-add -l | grep -q alice@machine"))
+
+      with subtest("Can preset the key passphrases in the agent"):
+          machine.succeed(as_alice("echo allow-preset-passphrase > .gnupg/gpg-agent.conf"))
+          machine.succeed(as_alice("pkill gpg-agent"))
+          machine.succeed(as_alice("preset_key pgp pgp_p4ssphrase"))
+          machine.succeed(as_alice("preset_key ssh ssh_agent_p4ssphrase"))
+
+      with subtest("Can encrypt and decrypt a message"):
+          machine.succeed(as_alice("echo Hello | gpg -e -r alice | gpg -d | grep -q Hello"))
+
+      with subtest("Can log into the server"):
+          # Install Alice's public key
+          public_key = machine.succeed(as_alice("cat alice.pub"))
+          server.succeed("mkdir /etc/ssh/authorized_keys.d")
+          server.succeed(f"printf '{public_key}' > /etc/ssh/authorized_keys.d/alice")
+
+          server.wait_for_open_port(22)
+          machine.succeed(as_alice("ssh -i alice -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no server exit"))
+    '';
+})