diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index e952500d..0b6e5384 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ let
     tests.nixpkgs-overlays = makeTest ./tests/nixpkgs-overlays.nix;
     tests.programs-zsh = makeTest ./tests/programs-zsh.nix;
     tests.services-activate-system = makeTest ./tests/services-activate-system.nix;
+    tests.services-skhd = makeTest ./tests/services-skhd.nix;
     tests.system-defaults-write = makeTest ./tests/system-defaults-write.nix;
     tests.system-keyboard-mapping = makeTest ./tests/system-keyboard-mapping.nix;
     tests.system-packages = makeTest ./tests/system-packages.nix;
diff --git a/tests/services-skhd.nix b/tests/services-skhd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42789402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/services-skhd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  skhd = pkgs.runCommand "skhd-0.0.0" {} "mkdir $out";
+in
+
+{
+  services.skhd.enable = true;
+  services.skhd.package = skhd;
+  services.skhd.skhdConfig = "alt + shift - r  :  chunkc quit";
+
+  test = ''
+    echo >&2 "checking skhd service in ~/Library/LaunchAgents"
+    grep "org.nixos.skhd" ${config.out}/user/Library/LaunchAgents/org.nixos.skhd.plist
+    grep "${skhd}/bin/skhd" ${config.out}/user/Library/LaunchAgents/org.nixos.skhd.plist
+
+    echo >&2 "checking config in /etc/skhdrc"
+    grep "alt + shift - r  :  chunkc quit" ${config.out}/etc/skhdrc
+  '';
+}