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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/activation/nix-channel.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/activation/nix-channel.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8416ff0347ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/activation/nix-channel.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+
+{
+
+  name = "activation-nix-channel";
+
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ nikstur ];
+
+  nodes.machine = {
+    nix.channel.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    print(machine.succeed("cat /root/.nix-channels"))
+  '';
+}