diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/kmonad.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/kmonad.nix
index fc548d51603e..db526eb506b8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/kmonad.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/kmonad.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ let
       options = {
         name = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.str;
+          default = name;
           example = "laptop-internal";
           description = "Keyboard name.";
         };
@@ -35,16 +36,16 @@ let
             Since KMonad runs as an unprivileged user, it may sometimes
             need extra permissions in order to read the keyboard device
             file.  If your keyboard's device file isn't in the input
-            group you'll need to list its group in this option.
+            group, you'll need to list its group in this option.
           '';
         };
 
         defcfg = {
           enable = lib.mkEnableOption ''
-            Automatically generate the defcfg block.
+            automatic generation of the defcfg block.
 
-            When this is option is set to true the config option for
-            this keyboard should not include a defcfg block.
+            When this option is set to true, the config option for
+            this keyboard should not include a defcfg block
           '';
 
           compose = {
@@ -55,15 +56,15 @@ let
             };
 
             delay = lib.mkOption {
-              type = lib.types.int;
+              type = lib.types.ints.unsigned;
               default = 5;
               description = "The delay (in milliseconds) between compose key sequences.";
             };
           };
 
-          fallthrough = lib.mkEnableOption "Re-emit unhandled key events.";
+          fallthrough = lib.mkEnableOption "re-emitting unhandled key events";
 
-          allowCommands = lib.mkEnableOption "Allow keys to run shell commands.";
+          allowCommands = lib.mkEnableOption "keys to run shell commands";
         };
 
         config = lib.mkOption {
@@ -71,12 +72,10 @@ let
           description = "Keyboard configuration.";
         };
       };
-
-      config = {
-        name = lib.mkDefault name;
-      };
     };
 
+  mkName = name: "kmonad-" + name;
+
   # Create a complete KMonad configuration file:
   mkCfg =
     keyboard:
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ let
       defcfg = ''
         (defcfg
           input  (device-file "${keyboard.device}")
-          output (uinput-sink "kmonad-${keyboard.name}")
+          output (uinput-sink "${mkName keyboard.name}")
           ${lib.optionalString (keyboard.defcfg.compose.key != null) ''
             cmp-seq ${keyboard.defcfg.compose.key}
             cmp-seq-delay ${toString keyboard.defcfg.compose.delay}
@@ -95,9 +94,9 @@ let
       '';
     in
     pkgs.writeTextFile {
-      name = "kmonad-${keyboard.name}.cfg";
+      name = "${mkName keyboard.name}.kbd";
       text = lib.optionalString keyboard.defcfg.enable (defcfg + "\n") + keyboard.config;
-      checkPhase = "${cfg.package}/bin/kmonad -d $out";
+      checkPhase = "${lib.getExe cfg.package} -d $out";
     };
 
   # Build a systemd path config that starts the service below when a
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ let
   mkPath =
     keyboard:
     let
-      name = "kmonad-${keyboard.name}";
+      name = mkName keyboard.name;
     in
     lib.nameValuePair name {
       description = "KMonad trigger for ${keyboard.device}";
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ let
         ++ cfg.extraArgs
         ++ [ "${mkCfg keyboard}" ];
     in
-    lib.nameValuePair "kmonad-${keyboard.name}" {
+    lib.nameValuePair (mkName keyboard.name) {
       description = "KMonad for ${keyboard.device}";
       script = lib.escapeShellArgs cmd;
       unitConfig = {
@@ -159,9 +158,9 @@ let
 in
 {
   options.services.kmonad = {
-    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "KMonad: An advanced keyboard manager.";
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "KMonad: an advanced keyboard manager";
 
-    package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "kmonad" { };
+    package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "KMonad" { default = "kmonad"; };
 
     keyboards = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.submodule keyboard);
@@ -188,4 +187,11 @@ in
       services = lib.mapAttrs' (_: mkService) cfg.keyboards;
     };
   };
+
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      linj
+      rvdp
+    ];
+  };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 613ff1314488..147e9c11612e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ in {
   keyd = handleTest ./keyd.nix {};
   keymap = handleTest ./keymap.nix {};
   kimai = handleTest ./kimai.nix {};
+  kmonad = runTest ./kmonad.nix;
   knot = handleTest ./knot.nix {};
   komga = handleTest ./komga.nix {};
   krb5 = discoverTests (import ./krb5);
diff --git a/nixos/tests/kmonad.nix b/nixos/tests/kmonad.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0150cb99f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/kmonad.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+
+{
+  name = "kmonad";
+
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ linj ];
+  };
+
+  nodes = {
+    machine = {
+      services.kmonad = {
+        enable = true;
+        keyboards = {
+          defaultKbd = {
+            device = "/dev/input/by-id/vm-default-kbd";
+            defcfg = {
+              enable = true;
+              fallthrough = true;
+            };
+            config = ''
+              (defsrc :name default-src
+                1)
+              (deflayer default-layer :source default-src
+                @T2)
+              (defalias
+                T2 2)
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+      };
+
+      # make a determinate symlink to the default vm keyboard for kmonad to use
+      services.udev.extraRules = ''
+        ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="event*", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="QEMU Virtio Keyboard", ATTRS{id/product}=="0001", ATTRS{id/vendor}=="0627", SYMLINK+="input/by-id/vm-default-kbd"
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    service_name = "kmonad-defaultKbd"
+    machine.wait_for_unit(f"{service_name}.service")
+
+    with subtest("kmonad is running"):
+         machine.succeed(f"systemctl status {service_name}")
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 2a92ef16dc6f..9bf3d526ab87 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -1478,7 +1478,14 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   # cause actual problems in dependent packages, see https://github.com/lehins/pvar/issues/4
   pvar = dontCheck super.pvar;
 
-  kmonad = enableSeparateBinOutput super.kmonad;
+  kmonad = lib.pipe super.kmonad [
+    enableSeparateBinOutput
+    (overrideCabal (drv: {
+      passthru = lib.recursiveUpdate
+        drv.passthru or { }
+        { tests.nixos = pkgs.nixosTests.kmonad; };
+    }))
+  ];
 
   xmobar = enableSeparateBinOutput super.xmobar;