diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix
index c81ceee54696..b41a2e2bae1f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ in {
                     " -conf ${pkgs.writeText "hound.json" cfg.config}";
 
       };
-      path = [ pkgs.git pkgs.mercurial pkgs.openssh ];
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/default.nix
index ff9253e4b039..5d0120804f44 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 , makeWrapper
 , mercurial
 , git
+, openssh
+, nixosTests
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -25,9 +27,11 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/houndd --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ mercurial git ]}
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/houndd --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ mercurial git openssh ]}
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) hound; };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     description = "Lightning fast code searching made easy";