diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index eb1afa26..8de538ce 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -89,10 +89,12 @@ let
     examples.simple = genExample ./modules/examples/simple.nix;
 
     tests.system-packages = makeTest ./tests/system-packages.nix;
+    tests.system-path-bash = makeTest ./tests/system-path-bash.nix;
+    tests.system-path-fish = makeTest ./tests/system-path-fish.nix;
+    tests.system-path-zsh = makeTest ./tests/system-path-zsh.nix;
 
   }
   // (mapTestOn (packagePlatforms packageSet));
 
 in
-
   jobs
diff --git a/tests/system-path-bash.nix b/tests/system-path-bash.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b70fdc9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system-path-bash.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+   environment.systemPath = [ pkgs.hello ];
+
+   programs.bash.enable = true;
+
+   test = ''
+     echo checking systemPath in /etc/bashrc >&2
+     grep 'export PATH=${pkgs.hello}/bin' ${config.out}/etc/bashrc
+   '';
+}
diff --git a/tests/system-path-fish.nix b/tests/system-path-fish.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cd878e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system-path-fish.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+   environment.systemPath = [ pkgs.hello ];
+
+   programs.fish.enable = true;
+
+   test = ''
+     echo checking systemPath in /etc/fish/config.fish >&2
+     grep 'set PATH ${pkgs.hello}/bin' ${config.out}/etc/fish/config.fish
+   '';
+}
diff --git a/tests/system-path-zsh.nix b/tests/system-path-zsh.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..222cbe94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system-path-zsh.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+   environment.systemPath = [ pkgs.hello ];
+
+   programs.zsh.enable = true;
+
+   test = ''
+     echo checking systemPath in /etc/zshrc >&2
+     grep 'export PATH=${pkgs.hello}/bin' ${config.out}/etc/zshrc
+   '';
+}