diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/wrapper-test.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/wrapper-test.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f23c8afd8856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/wrapper-test.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  runCommand,
+  emacs,
+  git,
+}:
+
+runCommand "test-emacs-withPackages-wrapper"
+  {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      (emacs.pkgs.withPackages (
+        epkgs: with epkgs; [
+          magit
+        ]
+      ))
+      git # needed by magit
+    ];
+  }
+  ''
+    emacs --batch --eval="(require 'magit)"
+    touch $out
+  ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index 4002b222084a..ef8a5d923822 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@
   QuartzCore,
   UniformTypeIdentifiers,
   WebKit,
+
+  # test
+  callPackage,
 }:
 
 assert (withGTK3 && !withNS && variant != "macport") -> withX || withPgtk;
@@ -524,7 +527,12 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     inherit withTreeSitter;
     inherit withXwidgets;
     pkgs = recurseIntoAttrs (emacsPackagesFor finalAttrs.finalPackage);
-    tests = { inherit (nixosTests) emacs-daemon; };
+    tests = {
+      inherit (nixosTests) emacs-daemon;
+      withPackages = callPackage ./build-support/wrapper-test.nix {
+        emacs = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+      };
+    };
   };
 
   meta = meta // {