diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index f6093eb7e14a..1f6b0a3a2682 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -1743,6 +1743,7 @@ in
   vector = import ./vector { inherit runTest; };
   velocity = runTest ./velocity.nix;
   vengi-tools = runTest ./vengi-tools.nix;
+  veroroute = runTest ./veroroute.nix;
   victorialogs = import ./victorialogs { inherit runTest; };
   victoriametrics = import ./victoriametrics { inherit runTest; };
   victoriatraces = import ./victoriatraces { inherit runTest; };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/veroroute.nix b/nixos/tests/veroroute.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d3deb2f2831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/veroroute.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  name = "veroroute";
+  meta.maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ nh2 ];
+
+  enableOCR = true;
+
+  nodes.machine =
+    { ... }:
+    {
+      imports = [
+        ./common/x11.nix
+      ];
+
+      services.xserver.enable = true;
+      environment.systemPackages = [
+        pkgs.veroroute
+        pkgs.xdotool
+      ];
+    };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+    machine.wait_for_x()
+
+    machine.execute("veroroute >&2 &")
+    machine.wait_until_succeeds("xdotool search --pid $(pidof veroroute)")
+    machine.wait_for_text("File")  # menu entry renders correctly
+    machine.screenshot("screen")
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/veroroute/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ve/veroroute/package.nix
index e0e7cd43024f..9b24b9b30edd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ve/veroroute/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/veroroute/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
   libsForQt5,
+  nixosTests,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     cd Src/
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    veroroute = nixosTests.veroroute;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Qt based Veroboard/Perfboard/PCB layout and routing application";
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/veroroute";