diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix
index 9a81c7518e5e..968544f2790e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 , version
 , pluginOverrides ? { }
 , disableAllPlugins ? false
+
+  # tests
+, runCommand
+, beets
 }@inputs:
 let
   inherit (lib) attrNames attrValues concatMap;
@@ -63,6 +67,11 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     unidecode
   ] ++ (concatMap (p: p.propagatedBuildInputs) (attrValues enabledPlugins));
 
+  # see: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/56943#issuecomment-1131643663
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gobject-introspection
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [
   ] ++ (with gst_all_1; [
     gst-plugins-base
@@ -137,8 +146,26 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
+
   passthru.plugins = allPlugins;
 
+  passthru.tests.gstreamer = runCommand "beets-gstreamer-test" {
+    meta.timeout = 60;
+  }
+  ''
+  set -euo pipefail
+  export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  mkdir $out
+
+  cat << EOF > $out/config.yaml
+replaygain:
+  backend: gstreamer
+EOF
+
+  echo $out/config.yaml
+  ${beets}/bin/beet -c $out/config.yaml > /dev/null
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Music tagger and library organizer";
     homepage = "https://beets.io";