diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix-pr-check.yml b/.github/workflows/nix-pr-check.yml
index c964de65..545c2956 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix-pr-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix-pr-check.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Check nix flake
+name: Nix flake and NixOS tests
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check-flake:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 120
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout
@@ -18,6 +19,25 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Nix
         uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v31
+        with:
+          enable_kvm: true
+          extra_nix_config: |
+            system-features = nixos-test benchmark big-parallel kvm
 
       - name: Check the flake
-        run: nix flake check
+        run: nix flake check -L
+
+      - name: Run NixOS module test
+        run: nix build .#nixosTests.x86_64-linux.nixos-module -L
+
+      - name: Run NixOS service start test
+        run: nix build .#nixosTests.x86_64-linux.nixos-service-start-module -L
+
+      - name: Run greeter niri test
+        run: nix build .#nixosTests.x86_64-linux.greeter-niri-module -L
+
+      - name: Run home-manager module test
+        run: nix build .#nixosTests.x86_64-linux.home-manager-module -L
+
+      - name: Run niri home-manager module test
+        run: nix build .#nixosTests.x86_64-linux.niri-home-module -L
diff --git a/distro/nix/tests/default.nix b/distro/nix/tests/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a22afdae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/nix/tests/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+  self,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+rec {
+  all = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+    name = "dms-nixos-tests";
+    paths = [
+      nixos-module
+      nixos-service-start-module
+      greeter-niri-module
+      niri-home-module
+      home-manager-module
+    ];
+  };
+
+  nixos-module = import ./nixos-module.nix {
+    inherit
+      self
+      pkgs
+      ;
+  };
+
+  nixos-service-start-module = import ./nixos-service-start-module.nix {
+    inherit
+      self
+      pkgs
+      ;
+  };
+
+  greeter-niri-module = import ./greeter-niri-module.nix {
+    inherit
+      self
+      pkgs
+      ;
+  };
+
+  niri-home-module = import ./niri-home-module.nix {
+    inherit
+      self
+      pkgs
+      ;
+  };
+
+  home-manager-module = import ./home-manager-module.nix {
+    inherit
+      self
+      pkgs
+      ;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/distro/nix/tests/greeter-niri-module.nix b/distro/nix/tests/greeter-niri-module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be5f05be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/nix/tests/greeter-niri-module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  self,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
+  name = "dms-greeter-niri-module";
+
+  nodes.machine = {
+    imports = [
+      self.nixosModules.greeter
+    ];
+
+    users.groups.greeter = { };
+    users.users.greeter = {
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      group = "greeter";
+    };
+
+    services.greetd.settings.default_session.user = "greeter";
+
+    programs.niri.enable = true;
+
+    programs.dank-material-shell.greeter = {
+      enable = true;
+      compositor.name = "niri";
+    };
+
+    system.stateVersion = "25.11";
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    import re
+
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("greetd.service")
+
+    machine.succeed("systemctl is-enabled greetd.service")
+    machine.succeed("systemctl is-active greetd.service")
+
+    greetd_unit = machine.succeed("cat /etc/systemd/system/greetd.service")
+    config_match = re.search(r'--config (/nix/store[^ ]+-greetd.toml)', greetd_unit)
+    if config_match is None:
+        raise AssertionError(greetd_unit)
+
+    greetd_config_path = config_match.group(1)
+    greetd_config = machine.succeed(f"cat {greetd_config_path}")
+    t.assertIn("dms-greeter", greetd_config)
+
+    script_match = re.search(r'command\s*=\s*"([^"]+/bin/dms-greeter)"', greetd_config)
+    if script_match is None:
+        raise AssertionError(greetd_config)
+
+    script_path = script_match.group(1)
+    script = machine.succeed(f"cat {script_path}")
+    t.assertIn("--command", script)
+    t.assertIn("niri", script)
+    t.assertIn("/share/quickshell/dms", script)
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/distro/nix/tests/home-manager-module.nix b/distro/nix/tests/home-manager-module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0ca912b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/nix/tests/home-manager-module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+{
+  self,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  homeManagerNixosModule =
+    (fetchTarball {
+      url = "https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/e82d4a4ecd18363aa2054cbaa3e32e4134c3dbf4.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "sha256-ZTYDofOM3/PJhRF1EuBh6uibm+DmkhU7Wor6mMN7YTc=";
+    })
+    + "/nixos";
+in
+pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
+  name = "dms-home-manager-module";
+
+  nodes.machine = {
+    ...
+  }: {
+    imports = [
+      homeManagerNixosModule
+    ];
+
+    users.users.danklinux = {
+      isNormalUser = true;
+      createHome = true;
+      home = "/home/danklinux";
+      extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+    };
+
+    home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+    home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+
+    home-manager.users.danklinux = {
+      pkgs,
+      ...
+    }: {
+      imports = [
+        self.homeModules.dank-material-shell
+      ];
+
+      home.username = "danklinux";
+      home.homeDirectory = "/home/danklinux";
+      home.stateVersion = "25.11";
+
+      programs.dank-material-shell = {
+        enable = true;
+        systemd = {
+          enable = true;
+          target = "default.target";
+        };
+
+        settings = {
+          theme = "integration-test";
+        };
+
+        clipboardSettings = {
+          maxItems = 10;
+        };
+
+        session = {
+          startedFrom = "nixos-test";
+        };
+
+        plugins.TestPlugin = {
+          enable = true;
+          src = pkgs.runCommand "dms-test-plugin" { } ''
+            mkdir -p "$out"
+            echo plugin > "$out/plugin.txt"
+          '';
+          settings = {
+            enabled = true;
+            source = "test";
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    system.stateVersion = "25.11";
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    import json
+
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'command -v dms'")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'test -f ~/.config/DankMaterialShell/settings.json'")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'test -f ~/.config/DankMaterialShell/clsettings.json'")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'test -f ~/.config/DankMaterialShell/plugin_settings.json'")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'test -e ~/.config/DankMaterialShell/plugins/TestPlugin'")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'test -f ~/.local/state/DankMaterialShell/session.json'")
+
+    settings = json.loads(machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'cat ~/.config/DankMaterialShell/settings.json'"))
+    clipboard = json.loads(machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'cat ~/.config/DankMaterialShell/clsettings.json'"))
+    session = json.loads(machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'cat ~/.local/state/DankMaterialShell/session.json'"))
+    plugins = json.loads(machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'cat ~/.config/DankMaterialShell/plugin_settings.json'"))
+    doctor = json.loads(machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'dms doctor --json'"))
+
+    t.assertEqual(settings["theme"], "integration-test")
+    t.assertEqual(clipboard["maxItems"], 10)
+    t.assertEqual(session["startedFrom"], "nixos-test")
+    t.assertTrue(plugins["TestPlugin"]["enabled"])
+    t.assertEqual(plugins["TestPlugin"]["source"], "test")
+    t.assertIsInstance(doctor.get("results"), list)
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/distro/nix/tests/niri-home-module.nix b/distro/nix/tests/niri-home-module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e283a544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/nix/tests/niri-home-module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{
+  self,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  homeManagerNixosModule =
+    (fetchTarball {
+      url = "https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/e82d4a4ecd18363aa2054cbaa3e32e4134c3dbf4.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "sha256-ZTYDofOM3/PJhRF1EuBh6uibm+DmkhU7Wor6mMN7YTc=";
+    })
+    + "/nixos";
+
+  niriFlake = builtins.getFlake "github:sodiboo/niri-flake/2bb22af2985e5f3cfd051b3d977ebfbf81126280?narHash=sha256-ooPmu%2B8tqOGh4kozPW4rJC7Y7WM/FHtEY3OK1PoNW7g%3D";
+
+  fakeNiri = (pkgs.writeScriptBin "niri" "") // {
+    cargoBuildNoDefaultFeatures = false;
+  };
+in
+pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
+  name = "dms-niri-home-module";
+
+  nodes.machine = {
+    ...
+  }: {
+    imports = [
+      homeManagerNixosModule
+    ];
+
+    users.users.danklinux = {
+      isNormalUser = true;
+      createHome = true;
+      home = "/home/danklinux";
+      extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+    };
+
+    home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+    home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+
+    environment.pathsToLink = [
+      "/share/applications"
+      "/share/xdg-desktop-portal"
+    ];
+
+    home-manager.users.danklinux = {
+      ...
+    }: {
+      imports = [
+        self.homeModules.dank-material-shell
+        niriFlake.homeModules.niri
+        self.homeModules.niri
+      ];
+
+      home.username = "danklinux";
+      home.homeDirectory = "/home/danklinux";
+      home.stateVersion = "25.11";
+
+      programs.niri = {
+        enable = true;
+        package = fakeNiri; # avoids niri from being compiled in the CI
+      };
+
+      programs.dank-material-shell = {
+        enable = true;
+        niri = {
+          enableKeybinds = false;
+          enableSpawn = true;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    system.stateVersion = "25.11";
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'test -f ~/.config/niri/config.kdl'")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'grep -F \"include \\\"dms/binds.kdl\\\"\" ~/.config/niri/config.kdl'")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'grep -F \"include \\\"hm.kdl\\\"\" ~/.config/niri/config.kdl'")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'grep -F \"spawn-at-startup\" ~/.config/niri/hm.kdl'")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'grep -F \"\\\"dms\\\" \\\"run\\\"\" ~/.config/niri/hm.kdl'")
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/distro/nix/tests/nixos-module.nix b/distro/nix/tests/nixos-module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..083cafd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/nix/tests/nixos-module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  self,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
+  name = "dms-nixos-module";
+
+  nodes.machine = {
+    imports = [
+      self.nixosModules.dank-material-shell
+    ];
+
+    users.users.danklinux = {
+      isNormalUser = true;
+      extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+    };
+
+    programs.dank-material-shell = {
+      enable = true;
+      systemd.enable = true;
+      plugins = {
+        TestPlugin = {
+          src = pkgs.emptyDirectory;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    system.stateVersion = "25.11";
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    import json
+
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+
+    machine.succeed("command -v dms")
+    machine.succeed("command -v quickshell")
+    machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'dms --help >/dev/null'")
+    machine.succeed("test -d /etc/xdg/quickshell/dms-plugins")
+    machine.succeed("test -f /run/current-system/sw/lib/systemd/user/dms.service")
+
+    payload = json.loads(machine.succeed("su -- danklinux -c 'dms doctor --json'"))
+    t.assertIn("summary", payload)
+    t.assertIsInstance(payload.get("results"), list)
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/distro/nix/tests/nixos-service-start-module.nix b/distro/nix/tests/nixos-service-start-module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9b8a70b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/nix/tests/nixos-service-start-module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  self,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  fakeDms = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "dms" ''
+    printf '%s\n' "$@" > /tmp/dms-service-args
+    exec ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/sleep 300
+  '';
+in
+pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
+  name = "dms-nixos-service-start-module";
+
+  nodes.machine = {
+    imports = [
+      self.nixosModules.dank-material-shell
+    ];
+
+    users.users.danklinux = {
+      isNormalUser = true;
+      linger = true;
+      extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+    };
+
+    programs.dank-material-shell = {
+      enable = true;
+      package = fakeDms;
+      systemd = {
+        enable = true;
+        target = "default.target";
+      };
+    };
+
+    system.stateVersion = "25.11";
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("user@1000.service")
+
+    machine.succeed("systemctl --machine=danklinux@ --user start dms.service")
+    machine.wait_until_succeeds("systemctl --machine=danklinux@ --user is-active dms.service")
+    machine.wait_until_succeeds("test -f /tmp/dms-service-args")
+    machine.succeed("grep -Fx run /tmp/dms-service-args")
+    machine.succeed("grep -Fx -- --session /tmp/dms-service-args")
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index fed35232..fabd3090 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
         nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs [ "aarch64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "x86_64-linux" ] (
           system: fn system nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}
         );
+      forEachLinuxSystem =
+        fn:
+        nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs [ "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux" ] (
+          system: fn system nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}
+        );
       buildDmsPkgs = pkgs: {
         dms-shell = self.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default;
         quickshell = quickshell.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default;
@@ -240,5 +245,16 @@
           };
         }
       );
+
+      nixosTests = forEachLinuxSystem (
+        system: pkgs:
+        import ./distro/nix/tests {
+          inherit
+            self
+            pkgs
+            ;
+          lib = pkgs.lib;
+        }
+      );
     };
 }