diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 9ffc0db8513b..d8179f85771f 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ in
   atop = import ./atop.nix { inherit pkgs runTest; };
   atticd = runTest ./atticd.nix;
   atuin = runTest ./atuin.nix;
+  ax25 = handleTest ./ax25.nix { };
   audiobookshelf = runTest ./audiobookshelf.nix;
   auth-mysql = runTest ./auth-mysql.nix;
   authelia = runTest ./authelia.nix;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/ax25.nix b/nixos/tests/ax25.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1092d5de101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/ax25.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix (
+  { pkgs, lib, ... }:
+  let
+
+    baud = 57600;
+    tty = "/dev/ttyACM0";
+    port = "tnc0";
+    socatPort = 1234;
+
+    createAX25Node = nodeId: {
+
+      boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_ham;
+      boot.kernelModules = [ "ax25" ];
+
+      networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ socatPort ];
+
+      environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+        libax25
+        ax25-tools
+        ax25-apps
+        socat
+      ];
+
+      services.ax25.axports."${port}" = {
+        inherit baud tty;
+        enable = true;
+        callsign = "NOCALL-${toString nodeId}";
+        description = "mocked tnc";
+      };
+
+      services.ax25.axlisten = {
+        enable = true;
+      };
+
+      # All mocks radios will connect back to socat-broker on node 1 in order to get
+      # all messages that are "broadcasted over the ether"
+      systemd.services.ax25-mock-hardware = {
+        description = "mock AX.25 TNC and Radio";
+        wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
+        before = [
+          "ax25-kissattach-${port}.service"
+          "axlisten.service"
+        ];
+        after = [ "network.target" ];
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "exec";
+          ExecStart = "${pkgs.socat}/bin/socat -d -d tcp:192.168.1.1:${toString socatPort} pty,link=${tty},b${toString baud},raw";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  in
+  {
+    name = "ax25Simple";
+    nodes = {
+      node1 = lib.mkMerge [
+        (createAX25Node 1)
+        # mimicking radios on the same frequency
+        {
+          systemd.services.ax25-mock-ether = {
+            description = "mock radio ether";
+            wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
+            requires = [ "network.target" ];
+            before = [ "ax25-mock-hardware.service" ];
+            # broken needs access to "ss" or "netstat"
+            path = [ pkgs.iproute2 ];
+            serviceConfig = {
+              Type = "exec";
+              ExecStart = "${pkgs.socat}/bin/socat-broker.sh tcp4-listen:${toString socatPort}";
+            };
+            postStart = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/sleep 2";
+          };
+        }
+      ];
+      node2 = createAX25Node 2;
+      node3 = createAX25Node 3;
+    };
+    testScript =
+      { ... }:
+      ''
+        def wait_for_machine(m):
+          m.succeed("lsmod | grep ax25")
+          m.wait_for_unit("ax25-axports.target")
+          m.wait_for_unit("axlisten.service")
+          m.fail("journalctl -o cat -u axlisten.service | grep -i \"no AX.25 port data configured\"")
+
+        # start the first node since the socat-broker needs to be running
+        node1.start()
+        node1.wait_for_unit("ax25-mock-ether.service")
+        wait_for_machine(node1)
+
+        node2.start()
+        node3.start()
+        wait_for_machine(node2)
+        wait_for_machine(node3)
+
+        # Node 1 -> Node 2
+        node1.succeed("echo hello | ax25_call ${port} NOCALL-1 NOCALL-2")
+        node2.sleep(1)
+        node2.succeed("journalctl -o cat -u axlisten.service | grep -A1 \"NOCALL-1 to NOCALL-2 ctl I00\" | grep hello")
+
+        # Node 1 -> Node 3
+        node1.succeed("echo hello | ax25_call ${port} NOCALL-1 NOCALL-3")
+        node3.sleep(1)
+        node3.succeed("journalctl -o cat -u axlisten.service | grep -A1 \"NOCALL-1 to NOCALL-3 ctl I00\" | grep hello")
+
+        # Node 2 -> Node 1
+        # must sleep due to previous ax25_call lingering
+        node2.sleep(5)
+        node2.succeed("echo hello | ax25_call ${port} NOCALL-2 NOCALL-1")
+        node1.sleep(1)
+        node1.succeed("journalctl -o cat -u axlisten.service | grep -A1 \"NOCALL-2 to NOCALL-1 ctl I00\" | grep hello")
+
+        # Node 2 -> Node 3
+        node2.succeed("echo hello | ax25_call ${port} NOCALL-2 NOCALL-3")
+        node3.sleep(1)
+        node3.succeed("journalctl -o cat -u axlisten.service | grep -A1 \"NOCALL-2 to NOCALL-3 ctl I00\" | grep hello")
+
+        # Node 3 -> Node 1
+        # must sleep due to previous ax25_call lingering
+        node3.sleep(5)
+        node3.succeed("echo hello | ax25_call ${port} NOCALL-3 NOCALL-1")
+        node1.sleep(1)
+        node1.succeed("journalctl -o cat -u axlisten.service | grep -A1 \"NOCALL-3 to NOCALL-1 ctl I00\" | grep hello")
+
+        # Node 3 -> Node 2
+        node3.succeed("echo hello | ax25_call ${port} NOCALL-3 NOCALL-2")
+        node2.sleep(1)
+        node2.succeed("journalctl -o cat -u axlisten.service | grep -A1 \"NOCALL-3 to NOCALL-2 ctl I00\" | grep hello")
+      '';
+  }
+)