diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 750510dc..2747eb64 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ let
     tests.services-ofborg = makeTest ./tests/services-ofborg.nix;
     tests.services-offlineimap = makeTest ./tests/services-offlineimap.nix;
     tests.services-privoxy = makeTest ./tests/services-privoxy.nix;
+    tests.services-redis = makeTest ./tests/services-redis.nix;
     tests.services-skhd = makeTest ./tests/services-skhd.nix;
     tests.services-spacebar = makeTest ./tests/services-spacebar.nix;
     tests.services-synapse-bt = makeTest ./tests/services-synapse-bt.nix;
diff --git a/tests/services-redis.nix b/tests/services-redis.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a46916b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/services-redis.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  redis = pkgs.runCommand "redis-0.0.0" {} "mkdir $out";
+in
+
+{
+  services.redis.enable = true;
+  services.redis.package = redis;
+  services.redis.extraConfig = ''
+    maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru
+    stop-writes-on-bgsave-error no
+  '';
+
+  test = ''
+    echo >&2 "checking redis service in ~/Library/LaunchAgents"
+    grep "org.nixos.redis" ${config.out}/user/Library/LaunchAgents/org.nixos.redis.plist
+    grep "${redis}/bin/redis-server /etc/redis.conf" ${config.out}/user/Library/LaunchAgents/org.nixos.redis.plist
+
+    echo >&2 "checking config in /etc/redis.conf"
+    grep "maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru" ${config.out}/etc/redis.conf
+    grep "stop-writes-on-bgsave-error no" ${config.out}/etc/redis.conf
+  '';
+}