diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix
index a5f8f55a682c..b7e6a787cfb1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ in
         User = cfg.user;
         Group = cfg.group;
         StateDirectory = "";
-        ReadWritePaths = [ "" cfg.dataDir ];
+        ReadWritePaths = optionals (!cfg.autoMount) [ "" cfg.dataDir ];
       } // optionalAttrs (cfg.serviceFdlimit != null) { LimitNOFILE = cfg.serviceFdlimit; };
     } // optionalAttrs (!cfg.startWhenNeeded) {
       wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
diff --git a/nixos/tests/ipfs.nix b/nixos/tests/ipfs.nix
index 5e7c967028e4..295a7b9c7273 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/ipfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/ipfs.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     };
   };
 
+  nodes.fuse = { ... }: {
+    services.ipfs = {
+      enable = true;
+      apiAddress = "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/2324";
+      autoMount = true;
+    };
+  };
+
   testScript = ''
     start_all()
 
@@ -40,5 +48,12 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     # Test if setting dataDir works properly with the hardened systemd unit
     machine.succeed("test -e /mnt/ipfs/config")
     machine.succeed("test ! -e /var/lib/ipfs/")
+
+    # Test FUSE mountpoint
+    ipfs_hash = fuse.succeed(
+        "echo fnord3 | ipfs --api /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/2324 add --quieter"
+    )
+
+    fuse.succeed(f"cat /ipfs/{ipfs_hash.strip()} | grep fnord3")
   '';
 })