diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 7f3bb9bcc819..60a99838ae69 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ in
   sudo = handleTest ./sudo.nix {};
   switchTest = handleTest ./switch-test.nix {};
   sympa = handleTest ./sympa.nix {};
+  syncthing = handleTest ./syncthing.nix {};
   syncthing-init = handleTest ./syncthing-init.nix {};
   syncthing-relay = handleTest ./syncthing-relay.nix {};
   systemd = handleTest ./systemd.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/syncthing.nix b/nixos/tests/syncthing.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e2a8e01e3fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/syncthing.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, pkgs, ... }: {
+  name = "syncthing";
+  meta.maintainers = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ chkno ];
+
+  nodes = rec {
+    a = {
+      environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ curl libxml2 syncthing ];
+      services.syncthing = {
+        enable = true;
+        openDefaultPorts = true;
+      };
+    };
+    b = a;
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    import json
+    import shlex
+
+    confdir = "/var/lib/syncthing/.config/syncthing"
+
+
+    def addPeer(host, name, deviceID):
+        APIKey = host.succeed(
+            "xmllint --xpath 'string(configuration/gui/apikey)' %s/config.xml" % confdir
+        ).strip()
+        oldConf = host.succeed(
+            "curl -Ss -H 'X-API-Key: %s' 127.0.0.1:8384/rest/system/config" % APIKey
+        )
+        conf = json.loads(oldConf)
+        conf["devices"].append({"deviceID": deviceID, "id": name})
+        conf["folders"].append(
+            {
+                "devices": [{"deviceID": deviceID}],
+                "id": "foo",
+                "path": "/var/lib/syncthing/foo",
+                "rescanIntervalS": 1,
+            }
+        )
+        newConf = json.dumps(conf)
+        host.succeed(
+            "curl -Ss -H 'X-API-Key: %s' 127.0.0.1:8384/rest/system/config -d %s"
+            % (APIKey, shlex.quote(newConf))
+        )
+
+
+    start_all()
+    a.wait_for_unit("syncthing.service")
+    b.wait_for_unit("syncthing.service")
+    a.wait_for_open_port(22000)
+    b.wait_for_open_port(22000)
+
+    aDeviceID = a.succeed("syncthing -home=%s -device-id" % confdir).strip()
+    bDeviceID = b.succeed("syncthing -home=%s -device-id" % confdir).strip()
+    addPeer(a, "b", bDeviceID)
+    addPeer(b, "a", aDeviceID)
+
+    a.wait_for_file("/var/lib/syncthing/foo")
+    b.wait_for_file("/var/lib/syncthing/foo")
+    a.succeed("echo a2b > /var/lib/syncthing/foo/a2b")
+    b.succeed("echo b2a > /var/lib/syncthing/foo/b2a")
+    a.wait_for_file("/var/lib/syncthing/foo/b2a")
+    b.wait_for_file("/var/lib/syncthing/foo/a2b")
+  '';
+})