diff --git a/flake/checks.nix b/flake/checks.nix
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+{
+  perSystem = {
+    config,
+    pkgs,
+    ...
+  }: {
+    checks = {
+      nvf-nix = pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest {
+        name = "nvf-nix";
+        nodes.machine = {
+          virtualisation.graphics = false;
+          virtualisation.memorySize = 512;
+          environment.systemPackages = [config.packages.nix];
+        };
+
+        testScript = ''
+          machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+          machine.succeed("nvim --headless +q")
+          machine.succeed("nvim --headless -c 'lua print(1)' +q")
+        '';
+      };
+
+      nvf-maximal = pkgs.testers.nixosTest {
+        name = "nvf-maximal";
+        nodes.machine = {
+          virtualisation.graphics = false;
+          virtualisation.memorySize = 512;
+          environment.systemPackages = [config.packages.maximal];
+        };
+
+        testScript = ''
+          machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+          machine.succeed("nvim --headless +q")
+          machine.succeed("nvim --headless -c 'lua print(1)' +q")
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}