diff --git a/nixos/tests/installer.nix b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
index 6be3346d9850..db9fccaa2bb4 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/installer.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ let
       clevisTest ? false,
       clevisFallbackTest ? false,
       disableFileSystems ? false,
+      selectNixPackage ? pkgs: pkgs.nixStable,
     }:
     let
       isEfi = bootLoader == "systemd-boot" || (bootLoader == "grub" && grubUseEfi);
@@ -701,6 +702,7 @@ let
             virtualisation.rootDevice = "/dev/vdb";
 
             hardware.enableAllFirmware = mkForce false;
+            nix.package = selectNixPackage pkgs;
 
             # The test cannot access the network, so any packages we
             # need must be included in the VM.
@@ -1101,6 +1103,9 @@ in
   # The (almost) simplest partitioning scheme: a swap partition and
   # one big filesystem partition.
   simple = makeInstallerTest "simple" simple-test-config;
+  lix-simple = makeInstallerTest "simple" simple-test-config // {
+    selectNixPackage = pkgs: pkgs.lix;
+  };
 
   switchToFlake = makeInstallerTest "switch-to-flake" simple-test-config-flake;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/common-lix.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/common-lix.nix
index b9077e7672d4..6f819fb734ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/common-lix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/common-lix.nix
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     inherit aws-sdk-cpp boehmgc;
     tests = {
       misc = nixosTests.nix-misc.lix;
+      installer = nixosTests.installer.lix-simple;
     };
   };