diff --git a/nixos/tests/aesmd.nix b/nixos/tests/aesmd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59c04fe7e96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/aesmd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
+  name = "aesmd";
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ veehaitch ];
+  };
+
+  machine = { lib, ... }: {
+    services.aesmd = {
+      enable = true;
+      settings = {
+        defaultQuotingType = "ecdsa_256";
+        proxyType = "direct";
+        whitelistUrl = "http://nixos.org";
+      };
+    };
+
+    # Should have access to the AESM socket
+    users.users."sgxtest" = {
+      isNormalUser = true;
+      extraGroups = [ "sgx" ];
+    };
+
+    # Should NOT have access to the AESM socket
+    users.users."nosgxtest".isNormalUser = true;
+
+    # We don't have a real SGX machine in NixOS tests
+    systemd.services.aesmd.unitConfig.AssertPathExists = lib.mkForce [ ];
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    with subtest("aesmd.service starts"):
+      machine.wait_for_unit("aesmd.service")
+      status, main_pid = machine.systemctl("show --property MainPID --value aesmd.service")
+      assert status == 0, "Could not get MainPID of aesmd.service"
+      main_pid = main_pid.strip()
+
+    with subtest("aesmd.service runtime directory permissions"):
+      runtime_dir = "/run/aesmd";
+      res = machine.succeed(f"stat -c '%a %U %G' {runtime_dir}").strip()
+      assert "750 aesmd sgx" == res, f"{runtime_dir} does not have the expected permissions: {res}"
+
+    with subtest("aesm.socket available on host"):
+      socket_path = "/var/run/aesmd/aesm.socket"
+      machine.wait_until_succeeds(f"test -S {socket_path}")
+      machine.succeed(f"test 777 -eq $(stat -c '%a' {socket_path})")
+      for op in [ "-r", "-w", "-x" ]:
+        machine.succeed(f"sudo -u sgxtest test {op} {socket_path}")
+        machine.fail(f"sudo -u nosgxtest test {op} {socket_path}")
+
+    with subtest("Copies white_list_cert_to_be_verify.bin"):
+      whitelist_path = "/var/opt/aesmd/data/white_list_cert_to_be_verify.bin"
+      whitelist_perms = machine.succeed(
+        f"nsenter -m -t {main_pid} ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/stat -c '%a' {whitelist_path}"
+      ).strip()
+      assert "644" == whitelist_perms, f"white_list_cert_to_be_verify.bin has permissions {whitelist_perms}"
+
+    with subtest("Writes and binds aesm.conf in service namespace"):
+      aesmd_config = machine.succeed(f"nsenter -m -t {main_pid} ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cat /etc/aesmd.conf")
+
+      assert aesmd_config == "whitelist url = http://nixos.org\nproxy type = direct\ndefault quoting type = ecdsa_256\n", "aesmd.conf differs"
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 06305460c6ac..f86cc2544dab 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ in
 {
   _3proxy = handleTest ./3proxy.nix {};
   acme = handleTest ./acme.nix {};
+  aesmd = handleTest ./aesmd.nix {};
   agda = handleTest ./agda.nix {};
   airsonic = handleTest ./airsonic.nix {};
   amazon-init-shell = handleTest ./amazon-init-shell.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sgx/psw/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sgx/psw/default.nix
index 0500dc149c26..e449c99b0776 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sgx/psw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sgx/psw/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 , file
 , glibc
 , makeWrapper
+, nixosTests
 , protobuf
 , python3
 , sgx-sdk
@@ -175,6 +176,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                 '${shadow}/bin/usermod'
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    service = nixosTests.aesmd;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Intel SGX Architectural Enclave Service Manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx";