diff --git a/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix b/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix
index 8585cb3585fe..22a63cc73664 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ in {
         # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/frontend/
         frontend = {};
 
+        # include some popular integrations, that absolutely shouldn't break
+        esphome = {};
+        knx = {};
+        matter = {};
+        shelly = {};
+        zha = {};
+
         # set up a wake-on-lan switch to test capset capability required
         # for the ping suid wrapper
         # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/wake_on_lan/
@@ -107,7 +114,7 @@ in {
     # Cause a configuration change that requires a service restart as we added a new runtime dependency
     specialisation.newFeature = {
       inheritParentConfig = true;
-      configuration.services.home-assistant.config.esphome = {};
+      configuration.services.home-assistant.config.backup = {};
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioesphomeapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioesphomeapi/default.nix
index bee7cc393321..d9f02f883e34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioesphomeapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioesphomeapi/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     async-timeout
     noiseprotocol
-    protobuf
+    protobuf.out
+    protobuf.dev
     zeroconf
   ];