diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 9e5dbf1052bb..63c307c09833 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ in
   gobgpd = handleTest ./gobgpd.nix {};
   gocd-agent = handleTest ./gocd-agent.nix {};
   gocd-server = handleTest ./gocd-server.nix {};
+  google-cloud-sdk = handleTest ./google-cloud-sdk.nix {};
   google-oslogin = handleTest ./google-oslogin {};
   gotify-server = handleTest ./gotify-server.nix {};
   grafana = handleTest ./grafana.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/google-cloud-sdk.nix b/nixos/tests/google-cloud-sdk.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3150b2d53c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/google-cloud-sdk.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+  name = "google-cloud-sdk";
+  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; { maintainers = [ iammrinal0 ]; };
+
+  machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.google-cloud-sdk ];
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    import json
+    assert "${pkgs.google-cloud-sdk.version}" in json.loads(machine.succeed("gcloud version --format json"))["Google Cloud SDK"]
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
index 4949d68de7c7..af33f1b91191 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #   3) used by `google-cloud-sdk` only on GCE guests
 #
 
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, makeWrapper, python, openssl, jq, with-gce ? false }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, makeWrapper, nixosTests, python, openssl, jq, with-gce ? false }:
 
 let
   pythonEnv = python.withPackages (p: with p; [
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    tests = { inherit (nixosTests) google-cloud-sdk; };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tools for the google cloud platform";
     longDescription = "The Google Cloud SDK. This package has the programs: gcloud, gsutil, and bq";