diff --git a/nixos/release.nix b/nixos/release.nix
index 5f9a5b0e0641..95b284cb7056 100644
--- a/nixos/release.nix
+++ b/nixos/release.nix
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ in rec {
   tests.pam-oath-login = callTest tests/pam-oath-login.nix {};
   #tests.panamax = hydraJob (import tests/panamax.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; });
   tests.peerflix = callTest tests/peerflix.nix {};
+  tests.postgresql = callSubTests tests/postgresql.nix {};
   tests.pgjwt = callTest tests/pgjwt.nix {};
-  tests.postgresql = callTest tests/postgresql.nix {};
   tests.printing = callTest tests/printing.nix {};
   tests.proxy = callTest tests/proxy.nix {};
   tests.pumpio = callTest tests/pump.io.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/postgresql.nix b/nixos/tests/postgresql.nix
index f17384b44ba6..1f4f43a26669 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/postgresql.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/postgresql.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,46 @@
-import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
-  name = "postgresql";
-  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
-    maintainers = [ zagy ];
-  };
-
-  nodes = {
-    master =
-      { pkgs, config, ... }:
-
-      {
-        services.postgresql.enable = true;
-        services.postgresql.initialScript =  pkgs.writeText "postgresql-init.sql"
-          ''
-          CREATE ROLE postgres WITH superuser login createdb;
-          '';
-      };
-  };
-
-  testScript = ''
-    startAll;
-    $master->waitForUnit("postgresql");
-    $master->sleep(10); # Hopefully this is long enough!!
-    $master->succeed("echo 'select 1' | sudo -u postgres psql");
+{ system ? builtins.currentSystem }:
+with import ../lib/testing.nix { inherit system; };
+with pkgs.lib;
+let
+  postgresql-versions = pkgs.callPackages ../../pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql { };
+  test-sql = pkgs.writeText "postgresql-test" ''
+    CREATE EXTENSION pgcrypto; -- just to check if lib loading works
+    CREATE TABLE sth (
+      id int
+    );
+    INSERT INTO sth (id) VALUES (1);
+    INSERT INTO sth (id) VALUES (1);
+    INSERT INTO sth (id) VALUES (1);
+    INSERT INTO sth (id) VALUES (1);
+    INSERT INTO sth (id) VALUES (1);
   '';
-})
+  make-postgresql-test = postgresql-name: postgresql-package: {
+    name = postgresql-name;
+    meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+      maintainers = [ zagy ];
+    };
+
+    machine = {pkgs, config, ...}:
+      {
+        services.postgresql.package=postgresql-package;
+        services.postgresql.enable = true;
+      };
+
+    testScript = ''
+      $machine->start;
+      $machine->waitForUnit("postgresql");
+      # postgresql should be available just after unit start
+      $machine->succeed("cat ${test-sql} | psql postgres");
+      $machine->shutdown; # make sure that postgresql survive restart (bug #1735)
+      sleep(2);
+      $machine->start;
+      $machine->waitForUnit("postgresql");
+      $machine->fail('test $(psql postgres -tAc "SELECT * FROM sth;"|wc -l) -eq 3');
+      $machine->succeed('test $(psql postgres -tAc "SELECT * FROM sth;"|wc -l) -eq 5');
+      $machine->fail('test $(psql postgres -tAc "SELECT * FROM sth;"|wc -l) -eq 4');
+      $machine->shutdown;
+    '';
+
+  };
+in
+  mapAttrs' (p-name: p-package: {name=p-name; value=make-postgresql-test p-name p-package;}) postgresql-versions