diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index d8971bd745e3..d6175df3d920 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ in
   localsend = runTest ./localsend.nix;
   locate = runTest ./locate.nix;
   login = runTest ./login.nix;
+  login-nosuid = runTest ./login-nosuid.nix;
   logkeys = runTest ./logkeys.nix;
   logrotate = runTest ./logrotate.nix;
   loki = runTest ./loki.nix;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/login-nosuid.nix b/nixos/tests/login-nosuid.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f00c37d0886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/login-nosuid.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+{
+  name = "login-nosuid";
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = [ ];
+  };
+
+  # node.pkgsReadOnly = false; # needed when overriding pam to debug mode
+
+  nodes.machine =
+    { pkgs, ... }:
+    {
+      security.enableWrappers = false;
+      systemd.settings.Manager.NoNewPrivileges = true;
+      security.account-utils.enable = true;
+      users.mutableUsers = true;
+      security.account-utils.extraArgs = [
+        "-v"
+        "--debug"
+      ];
+      security.loginDefs.chfnRestrict = "f"; # allow allice to change name
+
+      environment.systemPackages = [
+        pkgs.which
+        pkgs.fish # environment.shells does not actually link fish to /run/current-system/sw/bin, causing chsh to fail unexpectedly
+      ];
+      environment.shells = [ pkgs.fish ];
+
+      # pam debug without giant rebuild
+      # system.replaceDependencies.replacements = [
+      #   {
+      #     oldDependency = pkgs.linux-pam;
+      #     newDependency = pkgs.linux-pam.override { debugMode = true; };
+      #   }
+      # ];
+    };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.start(allow_reboot = True)
+
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -f 'agetty.*tty1'")
+    machine.screenshot("postboot")
+
+    with subtest("account-utils passwd has priority"):
+        passwd_path = machine.succeed("realpath $(which passwd)")
+        print(f"passwd path is: {passwd_path}")
+        assert "account-utils" in passwd_path
+
+    with subtest("create user"):
+        machine.succeed("useradd -m alice")
+        machine.succeed("(echo foobar; echo foobar) | passwd alice")
+
+    with subtest("Check whether switching VTs works"):
+        machine.fail("pgrep -f 'agetty.*tty2'")
+        machine.send_key("alt-f2")
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("[ $(fgconsole) = 2 ]")
+        machine.wait_for_unit("getty@tty2.service")
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -f 'agetty.*tty2'")
+
+    with subtest("Log in as alice on a virtual console"):
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches("2", "login: ")
+        machine.send_chars("alice\n")
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches("2", "login: alice")
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep login")
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches("2", "Password: ")
+        machine.sleep(1) # something is racy here, so lets just sleep a bit... Not great, but seems to work
+        machine.send_chars("foobar\n")
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -u alice bash")
+        machine.send_chars("touch done\n")
+        machine.wait_for_file("/home/alice/done")
+
+    with subtest("Systemd gives and removes device ownership as needed"):
+        machine.succeed("getfacl /dev/snd/timer | grep -q alice")
+        machine.send_key("alt-f1")
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("[ $(fgconsole) = 1 ]")
+        machine.fail("getfacl /dev/snd/timer | grep -q alice")
+        machine.succeed("chvt 2")
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("getfacl /dev/snd/timer | grep -q alice")
+
+    with subtest("User can change their login shell"):
+        machine.send_chars("clear\n") # remove previous password prompts
+        machine.send_chars("chsh -s /run/current-system/sw/bin/fish\n")
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches("2", "Password: ")
+        machine.send_chars("foobar\n")
+        machine.wait_until_fails("pgrep pwupdd")
+        login_shell = machine.succeed("getent passwd alice | cut -d: -f7").strip()
+        print(f"login shell of user alice: {login_shell}")
+        assert "/run/current-system/sw/bin/fish" == login_shell
+
+    with subtest("User can change their name"):
+        machine.send_chars("clear\n") # remove previous password prompts
+        machine.send_chars("chfn -f 'Alice in Wonderland'\n")
+        machine.wait_until_tty_matches("2", "Password: ")
+        machine.send_chars("foobar\n")
+        machine.wait_until_fails("pgrep pwupdd")
+        full_name = machine.succeed("getent passwd alice | cut -d: -f5").strip()
+        print(f"full name of user alice: {full_name}")
+        assert "Alice in Wonderland" == full_name
+
+    with subtest("Virtual console logout"):
+        machine.send_chars("exit\n")
+        machine.wait_until_fails("pgrep -u alice bash")
+        machine.screenshot("getty")
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ac/account-utils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ac/account-utils/package.nix
index cd0f3e8ff86e..c0df5e64109d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ac/account-utils/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ac/account-utils/package.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   libselinux,
   docbook-xsl-ns,
   libxslt,
+  nixosTests,
 }:
 let
   selinuxSupport = lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform libselinux;
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.mesonOption "c_args" "-ffat-lto-objects")
   ];
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) login-nosuid;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Services, utilities and PAM modules, which allow authentication and account management on systems with the NoNewPrivs flag set (no setuid/setgid binaries)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/thkukuk/account-utils";