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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/rsyslogd.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/rsyslogd.nix
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+{ system ? builtins.currentSystem,
+  config ? {},
+  pkgs ? import ../.. { inherit system config; }
+}:
+
+with import ../lib/testing-python.nix { inherit system pkgs; };
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+{
+  test1 = makeTest {
+    name = "rsyslogd-test1";
+    meta.maintainers = [ pkgs.lib.maintainers.aanderse ];
+
+    nodes.machine = { config, pkgs, ... }: {
+      services.rsyslogd.enable = true;
+      services.journald.forwardToSyslog = false;
+    };
+
+    # ensure rsyslogd isn't receiving messages from journald if explicitly disabled
+    testScript = ''
+      machine.wait_for_unit("default.target")
+      machine.fail("test -f /var/log/messages")
+    '';
+  };
+
+  test2 = makeTest {
+    name = "rsyslogd-test2";
+    meta.maintainers = [ pkgs.lib.maintainers.aanderse ];
+
+    nodes.machine = { config, pkgs, ... }: {
+      services.rsyslogd.enable = true;
+    };
+
+    # ensure rsyslogd is receiving messages from journald
+    testScript = ''
+      machine.wait_for_unit("default.target")
+      machine.succeed("test -f /var/log/messages")
+    '';
+  };
+}