diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-show-asm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-show-asm/default.nix
index 423a2a60988e..094753f955ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-show-asm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-show-asm/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , installShellFiles
 , openssl
 , nix-update-script
+, callPackage
 }:
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "cargo-asm";
@@ -30,8 +31,13 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       --zsh  <($out/bin/cargo-asm --bpaf-complete-style-zsh )
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
-    attrPath = pname;
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {
+      attrPath = pname;
+    };
+    tests = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 {
+      test-basic-x86_64 = callPackage ./test-basic-x86_64.nix { };
+    };
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-show-asm/test-basic-x86_64.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-show-asm/test-basic-x86_64.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0dd8b421b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-show-asm/test-basic-x86_64.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ runCommand, cargo, rustc, cargo-show-asm }:
+runCommand "test-basic" {
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cargo rustc cargo-show-asm ];
+} ''
+  mkdir -p src
+  cat >Cargo.toml <<EOF
+[package]
+name = "add"
+version = "0.0.0"
+EOF
+  cat >src/lib.rs <<EOF
+pub fn add(a: u32, b: u32) -> u32 { a + b }
+EOF
+
+  [[ "$(cargo asm add::add | tee /dev/stderr)" == *"lea eax, "* ]]
+  [[ "$(cargo asm --mir add | tee /dev/stderr)" == *"= Add("* ]]
+  touch $out
+''