diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 557ee78df7c6..713abbc422bd 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ in
   gitlab = handleTest ./gitlab.nix {};
   gitolite = handleTest ./gitolite.nix {};
   gjs = handleTest ./gjs.nix {};
+  glib-networking = handleTest ./glib-networking.nix {};
   glusterfs = handleTest ./glusterfs.nix {};
   gnome3-xorg = handleTest ./gnome3-xorg.nix {};
   gnome3 = handleTest ./gnome3.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/glib-networking.nix b/nixos/tests/glib-networking.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0bbb2b3554b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/glib-networking.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# run installed tests
+import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  name = "glib-networking";
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = pkgs.glib-networking.meta.maintainers;
+  };
+
+  machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ gnome-desktop-testing ];
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    $machine->succeed("gnome-desktop-testing-runner -d '${pkgs.glib-networking.installedTests}/share'");
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix
index 21fbd94d1bca..ae386f46bffc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 , substituteAll
 , meson
 , ninja
+, nixosTests
 , pkgconfig
 , glib
 , gettext
+, makeWrapper
 , python3
 , gnutls
 , p11-kit
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "glib-networking";
   version = "2.60.3";
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "installedTests" ];
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1mfw44qpmwvz6yzj8c6spx6z357wrmkk15byrkc5byagd82860fm";
@@ -28,6 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       src = ./hardcode-gsettings.patch;
       gds_gsettings_path = glib.getSchemaPath gsettings-desktop-schemas;
     })
+
+    ./installed-tests-path.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ninja
     pkgconfig
     gettext
+    makeWrapper
     python3 # for install_script
   ];
 
@@ -53,10 +60,27 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # tests need to access the certificates (among other things)
 
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dinstalled_tests=true"
+    "-Dinstalled_test_prefix=${placeholder "installedTests"}"
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    find "$installedTests/libexec" "$out/libexec" -type f -executable -print0 \
+      | while IFS= read -r -d "" file; do
+      echo "Wrapping program '$file'"
+      wrapProgram "$file" --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "$out/lib/gio/modules"
+    done
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;
     };
+
+    tests = {
+      installedTests = nixosTests.glib-networking;
+    };
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/installed-tests-path.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/installed-tests-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..942ca053dd4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/installed-tests-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 4d91677..aaaeb2b 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
+ libexecdir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('libexecdir'))
+ localedir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('localedir'))
+ 
+-installed_tests_metadir = join_paths(datadir, 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
+-installed_tests_execdir = join_paths(libexecdir, 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
++installed_tests_metadir = join_paths(get_option('installed_test_prefix'), 'share', 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
++installed_tests_execdir = join_paths(get_option('installed_test_prefix'), 'libexec', 'installed-tests', meson.project_name())
+ 
+ cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+ host_system = host_machine.system()
+diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
+index 3a525dd..fc86302 100644
+--- a/meson_options.txt
++++ b/meson_options.txt
+@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
+ option('libproxy', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'support for libproxy proxy configration')
+ option('gnome_proxy', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'support for GNOME desktop proxy configuration')
+ option('installed_tests', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'enable installed tests')
++option('installed_test_prefix', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Prefix for installed tests')
+ option('static_modules', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'build static modules')