diff --git a/nixos/tests/agda/default.nix b/nixos/tests/agda/default.nix
index ab473aa9e495..ad0527beac30 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/agda/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/agda/default.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-{ runTest }: {
+{ runTest }:
+{
   base = runTest ./base.nix;
+  override-with-backend = runTest ./override-with-backend.nix;
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/agda/override-with-backend.nix b/nixos/tests/agda/override-with-backend.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..42845dd02b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/agda/override-with-backend.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  mainProgram = "agda-trivial-backend";
+
+  hello-world = pkgs.writeText "hello-world" ''
+    {-# OPTIONS --guardedness #-}
+    open import IO
+    open import Level
+
+    main = run {0ℓ} (putStrLn "Hello World!")
+  '';
+  agda-trivial-backend =
+    pkgs.runCommand "trivial-backend"
+      {
+        version = "${pkgs.haskellPackages.Agda.version}";
+        meta.mainProgram = "${mainProgram}";
+        buildInputs = [ (pkgs.haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages (pkgs: [ pkgs.Agda ])) ];
+      }
+      ''
+        cat << EOF > Main.hs
+        module Main where
+
+        import Agda.Main ( runAgda )
+
+        main :: IO ()
+        main = runAgda []
+        EOF
+
+        ghc Main.hs -o ${mainProgram}
+        mkdir -p $out/bin
+        cp ${mainProgram} $out/bin
+      '';
+in
+{
+  name = "agda-trivial-backend";
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = [
+      # FIXME
+    ];
+  };
+
+  nodes.machine =
+    { pkgs, ... }:
+    let
+      agdaPackages = pkgs.agdaPackages.override (oldAttrs: {
+        Agda = agda-trivial-backend;
+      });
+    in
+    {
+      environment.systemPackages = [
+        (agdaPackages.agda.withPackages {
+          pkgs = p: [ p.standard-library ];
+        })
+      ];
+      virtualisation.memorySize = 2000; # Agda uses a lot of memory
+    };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    # agda executable is not present
+    machine.fail("agda --version")
+    # Hello world
+    machine.succeed(
+        "cp ${hello-world} HelloWorld.agda"
+    )
+    machine.succeed("${mainProgram} -l standard-library -i . -c HelloWorld.agda")
+    # Check execution
+    assert "Hello World!" in machine.succeed(
+        "./HelloWorld"
+    ), "HelloWorld does not run properly"
+  '';
+}