diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
index 9a185fa94dae..c0c5e22ae77d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     EOF
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    apparmor = nixosTests.transmission; # starts the service with apparmor enabled
+    smoke-test = nixosTests.bittorrent;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "A fast, easy and free BitTorrent client";
     mainProgram = if enableQt then "transmission-qt" else if enableGTK3 then "transmission-gtk" else "transmission-cli";