diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/in/interactive-html-bom/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/in/interactive-html-bom/package.nix
index 233888ec0883..a4eaac2c705d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/in/interactive-html-bom/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/in/interactive-html-bom/package.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  kicad-small,
   lib,
+  kicad,
   python3Packages,
+  xvfb-run,
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -22,11 +23,21 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   dependencies = [
     python3Packages.jsonschema
     python3Packages.wxpython
-    kicad-small
+    python3Packages.kicad
   ];
 
-  # has no tests
-  doCheck = false;
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    xvfb-run
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
+    cp ${kicad.base}/share/kicad/demos/stickhub/StickHub.kicad_pcb .
+    HOME=$(mktemp -d) xvfb-run $out/bin/generate_interactive_bom --no-browser StickHub.kicad_pcb
+
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Interactive HTML BOM generation for KiCad, EasyEDA, Eagle, Fusion360 and Allegro PCB designer";