diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/hardware/libinput.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/hardware/libinput.nix
index e2fb7d0918e3..efdb7c61dfae 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/hardware/libinput.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/hardware/libinput.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let cfg = config.services.xserver.libinput;
         example = "/dev/input/event0";
         description =
           ''
-            Path for ${deviceType} device.  Set to null to apply to any
+            Path for ${deviceType} device.  Set to <literal>null</literal> to apply to any
             auto-detected ${deviceType}.
           '';
       };
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ let cfg = config.services.xserver.libinput;
         example = "flat";
         description =
           ''
-            Sets  the pointer acceleration profile to the given profile.
-            Permitted values are adaptive, flat.
+            Sets the pointer acceleration profile to the given profile.
+            Permitted values are <literal>adaptive</literal>, <literal>flat</literal>.
             Not all devices support this option or all profiles.
             If a profile is unsupported, the default profile for this is used.
             <literal>flat</literal>: Pointer motion is accelerated by a constant
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ let cfg = config.services.xserver.libinput;
       accelSpeed = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
         default = null;
+        example = "-0.5";
         description = "Cursor acceleration (how fast speed increases from minSpeed to maxSpeed).";
       };
 
       buttonMapping = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
         default = null;
+        example = "1 6 3 4 5 0 7";
         description =
           ''
             Sets the logical button mapping for this device, see XSetPointerMapping(3). The string  must
@@ -58,9 +60,10 @@ let cfg = config.services.xserver.libinput;
       calibrationMatrix = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
         default = null;
+        example = "0.5 0 0 0 0.8 0.1 0 0 1";
         description =
           ''
-            A  string  of  9 space-separated floating point numbers.  Sets the calibration matrix to the
+            A string of 9 space-separated floating point numbers. Sets the calibration matrix to the
             3x3 matrix where the first row is (abc), the second row is (def) and the third row is (ghi).
           '';
       };
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ let cfg = config.services.xserver.libinput;
       clickMethod = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr (types.enum [ "none" "buttonareas" "clickfinger" ]);
         default = null;
+        example = "buttonareas";
         description =
           ''
             Enables a click method. Permitted values are <literal>none</literal>,
@@ -166,8 +170,9 @@ let cfg = config.services.xserver.libinput;
       transformationMatrix = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
         default = null;
+        example = "0.5 0 0 0 0.8 0.1 0 0 1";
         description = ''
-          A  string  of  9 space-separated floating point numbers.  Sets the transformation matrix to
+          A string of 9 space-separated floating point numbers. Sets the transformation matrix to
           the 3x3 matrix where the first row is (abc), the second row is (def) and the third row is (ghi).
         '';
       };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 985dbd3b6767..a74792d3d2eb 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -228,9 +228,10 @@ in
   kubernetes = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./kubernetes {};
   latestKernel.login = handleTest ./login.nix { latestKernel = true; };
   leaps = handleTest ./leaps.nix {};
+  libinput = handleTest ./libinput.nix {};
   libreddit = handleTest ./libreddit.nix {};
-  lidarr = handleTest ./lidarr.nix {};
   libreswan = handleTest ./libreswan.nix {};
+  lidarr = handleTest ./lidarr.nix {};
   lightdm = handleTest ./lightdm.nix {};
   limesurvey = handleTest ./limesurvey.nix {};
   litestream = handleTest ./litestream.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/libinput.nix b/nixos/tests/libinput.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f84aaadcd0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/libinput.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ ... }:
+
+{
+  name = "libinput";
+
+  machine = { ... }:
+    {
+      imports = [
+        ./common/x11.nix
+        ./common/user-account.nix
+      ];
+
+      test-support.displayManager.auto.user = "alice";
+
+      services.xserver.libinput = {
+        enable = true;
+        mouse = {
+          naturalScrolling = true;
+          leftHanded = true;
+          middleEmulation = false;
+          horizontalScrolling = false;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    def expect_xserver_option(option, value):
+        machine.succeed(f"""cat /var/log/X.0.log | grep -F 'Option "{option}" "{value}"'""")
+
+    machine.start()
+    machine.wait_for_x()
+    machine.succeed("""cat /var/log/X.0.log | grep -F "Using input driver 'libinput'" """)
+    expect_xserver_option("NaturalScrolling", "on")
+    expect_xserver_option("LeftHanded", "on")
+    expect_xserver_option("MiddleEmulation", "off")
+    expect_xserver_option("HorizontalScrolling", "off")
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
index baee67cb826d..54843486e137 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , documentationSupport ? false, doxygen, graphviz # Documentation
 , eventGUISupport ? false, cairo, glib, gtk3 # GUI event viewer support
 , testsSupport ? false, check, valgrind, python3
+, nixosTests
 }:
 
 let
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = testsSupport && stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform;
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    libinput-module = nixosTests.libinput;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Handles input devices in Wayland compositors and provides a generic X.Org input driver";
     homepage    = "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/";