diff --git a/nixos/tests/ceph-single-node.nix b/nixos/tests/ceph-single-node.nix
index 4fe5dc59ff8f..4a5636fac156 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/ceph-single-node.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/ceph-single-node.nix
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ let
     monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph osd stat | grep -e '3 osds: 3 up[^,]*, 3 in'")
     monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep 'mgr: ${cfg.monA.name}(active,'")
     monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep 'HEALTH_OK'")
+
+    # Enable the dashboard and recheck health
+    monA.succeed(
+        "ceph mgr module enable dashboard",
+        "ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/ssl false",
+        # default is 8080 but it's better to be explicit
+        "ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/server_port 8080",
+    )
+    monA.wait_for_open_port(8080)
+    monA.wait_until_succeeds("curl -q --fail http://localhost:8080")
+    monA.wait_until_succeeds("ceph -s | grep 'HEALTH_OK'")
   '';
 in {
   name = "basic-single-node-ceph-cluster";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix
index be7d0dfb3407..922586b323f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ let
   };
 
   ceph-python-env = python.withPackages (ps: [
+    # Check .requires files below https://github.com/ceph/ceph/tree/main/debian for dependencies
     ps.sphinx
     ps.flask
+    ps.routes
     ps.cython
     ps.setuptools
     ps.virtualenv