diff --git a/nixos/tests/redis.nix b/nixos/tests/redis.nix
index f4647ddba10f..92bef165cdaf 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/redis.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/redis.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
   mkTestName =
     pkg: "${pkg.pname}_${builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "" ] (lib.versions.majorMinor pkg.version)}";
   redisPackages = {
-    inherit (pkgs) redis keydb;
+    inherit (pkgs) redis keydb valkey;
   };
   makeRedisTest =
     {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/va/valkey/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/va/valkey/package.nix
index acc7547ca229..292edf71bebe 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/va/valkey/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/va/valkey/package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   lua,
   jemalloc,
   pkg-config,
+  nixosTests,
   tcl,
   which,
   ps,
@@ -116,7 +117,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
-  passthru.serverBin = "valkey-server";
+  passthru = {
+    tests.redis = nixosTests.redis;
+    serverBin = "valkey-server";
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://valkey.io/";