diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 8445f2fc..ae282cd4 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ let
     tests.activation-scripts = makeTest ./tests/activation-scripts.nix;
     tests.checks-nix-gc = makeTest ./tests/checks-nix-gc.nix;
     tests.environment-path = makeTest ./tests/environment-path.nix;
+    tests.launchd-daemons = makeTest ./tests/launchd-daemons.nix;
     tests.launchd-setenv = makeTest ./tests/launchd-setenv.nix;
     tests.networking-hostname = makeTest ./tests/networking-hostname.nix;
     tests.networking-networkservices = makeTest ./tests/networking-networkservices.nix;
diff --git a/tests/launchd-daemons.nix b/tests/launchd-daemons.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59e35aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/launchd-daemons.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  launchd.daemons.foo.command = "foo";
+  launchd.agents.bar.command = "bar";
+  launchd.user.agents.baz.command = "baz";
+
+  test = ''
+    echo "checking launchd load in /activate" >&2
+    grep "launchctl load .* '/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.foo.plist" ${config.out}/activate
+    grep "launchctl load .* '/Library/LaunchAgents/org.nixos.bar.plist" ${config.out}/activate
+    echo "checking launchd load in /activate-user" >&2
+    grep "launchctl load .* ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.nixos.baz.plist" ${config.out}/activate-user
+    echo "checking LaunchAgents creation /activate-user" >&2
+    grep "mkdir -p ~/Library/LaunchAgents" ${config.out}/activate-user
+  '';
+}