diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 38e8980b7482..68c9a0ef4c9a 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -324,10 +324,7 @@ in
   vault = handleTest ./vault.nix {};
   victoriametrics = handleTest ./victoriametrics.nix {};
   virtualbox = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./virtualbox.nix {};
-  wg-quick = handleTest ./wireguard/wg-quick.nix {};
   wireguard = handleTest ./wireguard {};
-  wireguard-generated = handleTest ./wireguard/generated.nix {};
-  wireguard-namespaces = handleTest ./wireguard/namespaces.nix {};
   wordpress = handleTest ./wordpress.nix {};
   xandikos = handleTest ./xandikos.nix {};
   xautolock = handleTest ./xautolock.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/wireguard/basic.nix b/nixos/tests/wireguard/basic.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25d706ae2e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/wireguard/basic.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+{ kernelPackages ? null }:
+import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ...} :
+  let
+    wg-snakeoil-keys = import ./snakeoil-keys.nix;
+    peer = (import ./make-peer.nix) { inherit lib; };
+  in
+  {
+    name = "wireguard";
+    meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+      maintainers = [ ma27 ];
+    };
+
+    nodes = {
+      peer0 = peer {
+        ip4 = "192.168.0.1";
+        ip6 = "fd00::1";
+        extraConfig = {
+          boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
+          networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 23542 ];
+          networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
+            ips = [ "10.23.42.1/32" "fc00::1/128" ];
+            listenPort = 23542;
+
+            inherit (wg-snakeoil-keys.peer0) privateKey;
+
+            peers = lib.singleton {
+              allowedIPs = [ "10.23.42.2/32" "fc00::2/128" ];
+
+              inherit (wg-snakeoil-keys.peer1) publicKey;
+            };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+
+      peer1 = peer {
+        ip4 = "192.168.0.2";
+        ip6 = "fd00::2";
+        extraConfig = {
+          boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
+          networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
+            ips = [ "10.23.42.2/32" "fc00::2/128" ];
+            listenPort = 23542;
+            allowedIPsAsRoutes = false;
+
+            inherit (wg-snakeoil-keys.peer1) privateKey;
+
+            peers = lib.singleton {
+              allowedIPs = [ "0.0.0.0/0" "::/0" ];
+              endpoint = "192.168.0.1:23542";
+              persistentKeepalive = 25;
+
+              inherit (wg-snakeoil-keys.peer0) publicKey;
+            };
+
+            postSetup = let inherit (pkgs) iproute; in ''
+              ${iproute}/bin/ip route replace 10.23.42.1/32 dev wg0
+              ${iproute}/bin/ip route replace fc00::1/128 dev wg0
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    testScript = ''
+      start_all()
+
+      peer0.wait_for_unit("wireguard-wg0.service")
+      peer1.wait_for_unit("wireguard-wg0.service")
+
+      peer1.succeed("ping -c5 fc00::1")
+      peer1.succeed("ping -c5 10.23.42.1")
+    '';
+  }
+)
diff --git a/nixos/tests/wireguard/default.nix b/nixos/tests/wireguard/default.nix
index e3bc31c600f9..dedb321ff2ef 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/wireguard/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/wireguard/default.nix
@@ -1,71 +1,27 @@
-import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ...} :
-  let
-    wg-snakeoil-keys = import ./snakeoil-keys.nix;
-    peer = (import ./make-peer.nix) { inherit lib; };
-  in
-  {
-    name = "wireguard";
-    meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
-      maintainers = [ ma27 ];
-    };
+{ system ? builtins.currentSystem
+, config ? { }
+, pkgs ? import ../../.. { inherit system config; }
+, kernelVersionsToTest ? [ "5.4" "latest" ]
+}:
 
-    nodes = {
-      peer0 = peer {
-        ip4 = "192.168.0.1";
-        ip6 = "fd00::1";
-        extraConfig = {
-          networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 23542 ];
-          networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
-            ips = [ "10.23.42.1/32" "fc00::1/128" ];
-            listenPort = 23542;
+with pkgs.lib;
 
-            inherit (wg-snakeoil-keys.peer0) privateKey;
+let
+  tests = let callTest = p: flip (import p) { inherit system pkgs; }; in {
+    basic = callTest ./basic.nix;
+    namespaces = callTest ./namespaces.nix;
+    wg-quick = callTest ./wg-quick.nix;
+    generated = callTest ./generated.nix;
+  };
+in
 
-            peers = lib.singleton {
-              allowedIPs = [ "10.23.42.2/32" "fc00::2/128" ];
-
-              inherit (wg-snakeoil-keys.peer1) publicKey;
-            };
-          };
-        };
-      };
-
-      peer1 = peer {
-        ip4 = "192.168.0.2";
-        ip6 = "fd00::2";
-        extraConfig = {
-          networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
-            ips = [ "10.23.42.2/32" "fc00::2/128" ];
-            listenPort = 23542;
-            allowedIPsAsRoutes = false;
-
-            inherit (wg-snakeoil-keys.peer1) privateKey;
-
-            peers = lib.singleton {
-              allowedIPs = [ "0.0.0.0/0" "::/0" ];
-              endpoint = "192.168.0.1:23542";
-              persistentKeepalive = 25;
-
-              inherit (wg-snakeoil-keys.peer0) publicKey;
-            };
-
-            postSetup = let inherit (pkgs) iproute; in ''
-              ${iproute}/bin/ip route replace 10.23.42.1/32 dev wg0
-              ${iproute}/bin/ip route replace fc00::1/128 dev wg0
-            '';
-          };
-        };
-      };
-    };
-
-    testScript = ''
-      start_all()
-
-      peer0.wait_for_unit("wireguard-wg0.service")
-      peer1.wait_for_unit("wireguard-wg0.service")
-
-      peer1.succeed("ping -c5 fc00::1")
-      peer1.succeed("ping -c5 10.23.42.1")
-    '';
-  }
+listToAttrs (
+  flip concatMap kernelVersionsToTest (version:
+    let
+      v' = replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version;
+    in
+    flip mapAttrsToList tests (name: test:
+      nameValuePair "wireguard-${name}-linux-${v'}" (test { kernelPackages = pkgs."linuxPackages_${v'}"; })
+    )
+  )
 )
diff --git a/nixos/tests/wireguard/generated.nix b/nixos/tests/wireguard/generated.nix
index a29afd2d4666..cdf15483265c 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/wireguard/generated.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/wireguard/generated.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+{ kernelPackages ? null }:
+import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... } : {
   name = "wireguard-generated";
   meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
     maintainers = [ ma27 grahamc ];
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
 
   nodes = {
     peer1 = {
+      boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
       networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 12345 ];
       networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
         ips = [ "10.10.10.1/24" ];
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     };
 
     peer2 = {
+      boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
       networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 12345 ];
       networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
         ips = [ "10.10.10.2/24" ];
diff --git a/nixos/tests/wireguard/namespaces.nix b/nixos/tests/wireguard/namespaces.nix
index c8a4e3bb52a1..c47175ceafc8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/wireguard/namespaces.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/wireguard/namespaces.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{ kernelPackages ? null }:
+
 let
   listenPort = 12345;
   socketNamespace = "foo";
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ let
 
 in
 
-import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... } : {
   name = "wireguard-with-namespaces";
   meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
     maintainers = [ asymmetric ];
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     # interface should be created in the socketNamespace
     # and not moved from there
     peer0 = pkgs.lib.attrsets.recursiveUpdate node {
+      boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
       networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
         preSetup = ''
           ip netns add ${socketNamespace}
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     # interface should be created in the init namespace
     # and moved to the interfaceNamespace
     peer1 = pkgs.lib.attrsets.recursiveUpdate node {
+      boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
       networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
         preSetup = ''
           ip netns add ${interfaceNamespace}
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     # interface should be created in the socketNamespace
     # and moved to the interfaceNamespace
     peer2 = pkgs.lib.attrsets.recursiveUpdate node {
+      boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
       networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
         preSetup = ''
           ip netns add ${socketNamespace}
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     # interface should be created in the socketNamespace
     # and moved to the init namespace
     peer3 = pkgs.lib.attrsets.recursiveUpdate node {
+      boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
       networking.wireguard.interfaces.wg0 = {
         preSetup = ''
           ip netns add ${socketNamespace}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/wireguard/wg-quick.nix b/nixos/tests/wireguard/wg-quick.nix
index 7354dd01a34a..5472d21cd1ec 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/wireguard/wg-quick.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/wireguard/wg-quick.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{ kernelPackages ? null }:
+
 import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }:
   let
     wg-snakeoil-keys = import ./snakeoil-keys.nix;
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }:
         ip4 = "192.168.0.1";
         ip6 = "fd00::1";
         extraConfig = {
+          boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
           networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 23542 ];
           networking.wg-quick.interfaces.wg0 = {
             address = [ "10.23.42.1/32" "fc00::1/128" ];
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }:
         ip4 = "192.168.0.2";
         ip6 = "fd00::2";
         extraConfig = {
+          boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
           networking.wg-quick.interfaces.wg0 = {
             address = [ "10.23.42.2/32" "fc00::2/128" ];
             inherit (wg-snakeoil-keys.peer1) privateKey;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/wireguard-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/wireguard-tools/default.nix
index 4fac72f7d035..90055a1a4a7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/wireguard-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/wireguard-tools/default.nix
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = ./update.sh;
-    tests = {
-      inherit (nixosTests) wireguard wg-quick wireguard-generated wireguard-namespaces;
-    };
+    tests = nixosTests.wireguard;
   };
 
   meta = {