diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 3f19ed548121..443364f06e85 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ in {
   ksm = handleTest ./ksm.nix {};
   kthxbye = handleTest ./kthxbye.nix {};
   kubernetes = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./kubernetes {};
-  kubo = runTest ./kubo.nix;
+  kubo = import ./kubo { inherit recurseIntoAttrs runTest; };
   ladybird = handleTest ./ladybird.nix {};
   languagetool = handleTest ./languagetool.nix {};
   latestKernel.login = handleTest ./login.nix { latestKernel = true; };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/kubo/default.nix b/nixos/tests/kubo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..629922fc366d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/kubo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{ recurseIntoAttrs, runTest }:
+recurseIntoAttrs {
+  kubo = runTest ./kubo.nix;
+  kubo-fuse = runTest ./kubo-fuse.nix;
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/kubo/kubo-fuse.nix b/nixos/tests/kubo/kubo-fuse.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71a5bf61649f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/kubo/kubo-fuse.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib, ...} : {
+  name = "kubo-fuse";
+  meta = with lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ mguentner Luflosi ];
+  };
+
+  nodes.machine = { config, ... }: {
+    services.kubo = {
+      enable = true;
+      autoMount = true;
+    };
+    users.users.alice = {
+      isNormalUser = true;
+      extraGroups = [ config.services.kubo.group ];
+    };
+    users.users.bob = {
+      isNormalUser = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+
+    with subtest("FUSE mountpoint"):
+        machine.fail("echo a | su bob -l -c 'ipfs add --quieter'")
+        # The FUSE mount functionality is broken as of v0.13.0 and v0.17.0.
+        # See https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/issues/9044.
+        # Workaround: using CID Version 1 avoids that.
+        ipfs_hash = machine.succeed(
+            "echo fnord3 | su alice -l -c 'ipfs add --quieter --cid-version=1'"
+        ).strip()
+
+        machine.succeed(f"cat /ipfs/{ipfs_hash} | grep fnord3")
+
+    with subtest("Unmounting of /ipns and /ipfs"):
+        # Force Kubo to crash and wait for it to restart
+        machine.systemctl("kill --signal=SIGKILL ipfs.service")
+        machine.wait_for_unit("ipfs.service", timeout = 30)
+
+        machine.succeed(f"cat /ipfs/{ipfs_hash} | grep fnord3")
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/kubo.nix b/nixos/tests/kubo/kubo.nix
similarity index 60%
rename from nixos/tests/kubo.nix
rename to nixos/tests/kubo/kubo.nix
index 496f409a40a9..7965ad277385 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/kubo.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/kubo/kubo.nix
@@ -18,20 +18,6 @@
     };
   };
 
-  nodes.fuse = { config, ... }: {
-    services.kubo = {
-      enable = true;
-      autoMount = true;
-    };
-    users.users.alice = {
-      isNormalUser = true;
-      extraGroups = [ config.services.kubo.group ];
-    };
-    users.users.bob = {
-      isNormalUser = true;
-    };
-  };
-
   testScript = ''
     start_all()
 
@@ -63,23 +49,5 @@
     with subtest("Setting dataDir works properly with the hardened systemd unit"):
         machine.succeed("test -e /mnt/ipfs/config")
         machine.succeed("test ! -e /var/lib/ipfs/")
-
-    with subtest("FUSE mountpoint"):
-        fuse.fail("echo a | su bob -l -c 'ipfs add --quieter'")
-        # The FUSE mount functionality is broken as of v0.13.0 and v0.17.0.
-        # See https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/issues/9044.
-        # Workaround: using CID Version 1 avoids that.
-        ipfs_hash = fuse.succeed(
-            "echo fnord3 | su alice -l -c 'ipfs add --quieter --cid-version=1'"
-        ).strip()
-
-        fuse.succeed(f"cat /ipfs/{ipfs_hash} | grep fnord3")
-
-    with subtest("Unmounting of /ipns and /ipfs"):
-        # Force Kubo to crash and wait for it to restart
-        fuse.systemctl("kill --signal=SIGKILL ipfs.service")
-        fuse.wait_for_unit("ipfs.service", timeout = 30)
-
-        fuse.succeed(f"cat /ipfs/{ipfs_hash} | grep fnord3")
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/default.nix
index 4f57c481cfe1..75c69596ddd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchurl
 , nixosTests
+, callPackage
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -29,7 +30,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   subPackages = [ "cmd/ipfs" ];
 
-  passthru.tests.kubo = nixosTests.kubo;
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) kubo;
+    repoVersion = callPackage ./test-repoVersion.nix {};
+  };
 
   vendorHash = null;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/test-repoVersion.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/test-repoVersion.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25fd8fcfbf43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/test-repoVersion.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ runCommand, kubo }:
+
+runCommand "kubo-test-repoVersion" { } ''
+  export IPFS_PATH="$TMPDIR"
+  "${kubo}/bin/ipfs" init --empty-repo
+  declared_repo_version='${kubo.repoVersion}'
+  actual_repo_version="$(cat "$IPFS_PATH/version")"
+  if [ "$declared_repo_version" != "$actual_repo_version" ]; then
+    echo "kubo.repoVersion is not set correctly. It should be $actual_repo_version but is $declared_repo_version."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  touch "$out"
+''