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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/containers-require-bind-mounts.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/containers-require-bind-mounts.nix
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+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ... }: {
+  name = "containers-require-bind-mounts";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ kira-bruneau ];
+
+  nodes.machine = {
+    containers.require-bind-mounts = {
+      bindMounts = { "/srv/data" = {}; };
+      config = {};
+    };
+
+    virtualisation.fileSystems = {
+      "/srv/data" = {
+        fsType = "tmpfs";
+        options = [ "noauto" ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_unit("default.target")
+
+    assert "require-bind-mounts" in machine.succeed("nixos-container list")
+    assert "down" in machine.succeed("nixos-container status require-bind-mounts")
+    assert "inactive" in machine.fail("systemctl is-active srv-data.mount")
+
+    with subtest("bind mount host paths must be mounted to run container"):
+      machine.succeed("nixos-container start require-bind-mounts")
+      assert "up" in machine.succeed("nixos-container status require-bind-mounts")
+      assert "active" in machine.succeed("systemctl status srv-data.mount")
+
+      machine.succeed("systemctl stop srv-data.mount")
+      assert "down" in machine.succeed("nixos-container status require-bind-mounts")
+      assert "inactive" in machine.fail("systemctl is-active srv-data.mount")
+    '';
+})