diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index b4c6904e..9b78a137 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ let
     examples.lnl = genExample ./modules/examples/lnl.nix;
     examples.simple = genExample ./modules/examples/simple.nix;
 
+    tests.activation-scripts = makeTest ./tests/activation-scripts.nix;
     tests.environment-path = makeTest ./tests/environment-path.nix;
     tests.launchd-setenv = makeTest ./tests/launchd-setenv.nix;
     tests.networking-hostname = makeTest ./tests/networking-hostname.nix;
diff --git a/tests/activation-scripts.nix b/tests/activation-scripts.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7d08569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/activation-scripts.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  system.activationScripts.preUserActivation.text = "echo hook preUserActivation";
+  system.activationScripts.extraUserActivation.text = "echo hook extraUserActivation";
+  system.activationScripts.postUserActivation.text = "echo hook postUserActivation";
+
+  system.activationScripts.preActivation.text = "echo hook preActivation";
+  system.activationScripts.extraActivation.text = "echo hook extraActivation";
+  system.activationScripts.postActivation.text = "echo hook postActivation";
+
+  test = ''
+    countHooks() {
+      awk '/echo hook / {i++ ; print i " => " $0}' "$2" | grep "$1"
+    }
+
+    echo checking activation hooks in /activate-user >&2
+    countHooks "1 => echo hook preUserActivation" ${config.out}/activate-user
+    countHooks "2 => echo hook extraUserActivation" ${config.out}/activate-user
+    countHooks "3 => echo hook postUserActivation" ${config.out}/activate-user
+
+    echo checking activation hooks in /activate >&2
+    countHooks "1 => echo hook preActivation" ${config.out}/activate
+    countHooks "2 => echo hook extraActivation" ${config.out}/activate
+    countHooks "3 => echo hook postActivation" ${config.out}/activate
+  '';
+}