diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index e9b58c7c4f77..83ad7c48a089 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ in {
   allTerminfo = handleTest ./all-terminfo.nix {};
   alps = handleTest ./alps.nix {};
   amazon-init-shell = handleTest ./amazon-init-shell.nix {};
+  apcupsd = handleTest ./apcupsd.nix {};
   apfs = handleTest ./apfs.nix {};
   apparmor = handleTest ./apparmor.nix {};
   atd = handleTest ./atd.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/apcupsd.nix b/nixos/tests/apcupsd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..287140f039d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/apcupsd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+let
+  # arbitrary address
+  ipAddr = "192.168.42.42";
+in
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, pkgs, ... }: {
+  name = "apcupsd";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+
+  nodes = {
+    machine = {
+      services.apcupsd = {
+        enable = true;
+        configText = ''
+          UPSTYPE usb
+          BATTERYLEVEL 42
+          # Configure NISIP so that the only way apcaccess can work is to read
+          # this config.
+          NISIP ${ipAddr}
+        '';
+      };
+      networking.interfaces.eth1 = {
+        ipv4.addresses = [{
+          address = ipAddr;
+          prefixLength = 24;
+        }];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  # Check that the service starts, that the CLI (apcaccess) works and that it
+  # uses the config (ipAddr) defined in the service config.
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+    machine.wait_for_unit("apcupsd.service")
+    machine.wait_for_open_port(3551, "${ipAddr}")
+    res = machine.succeed("apcaccess")
+    expect_line="MBATTCHG : 42 Percent"
+    assert "MBATTCHG : 42 Percent" in res, f"expected apcaccess output to contain '{expect_line}' but got '{res}'"
+    machine.shutdown()
+  '';
+})