diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 2acf879..5704124 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ in {
   updateIndex = pkgs.callPackage ./updateIndex { };
   packagesJSON = pkgs.callPackage ./packagesJSON.nix { nixpkgs = nixpkgsSource; };
   optionsJSON = pkgs.callPackage ./optionsJSON.nix { nixpkgs = nixpkgsSource; };
-  vmTest = "foo";
+  vmTest = pkgs.callPackage ./vmTest.nix { };
 }
diff --git a/vmTest.nix b/vmTest.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19e4783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmTest.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ testers }: testers.runNixOSTest {
+  name = "search.forkos.org";
+  nodes.machine = {
+    systemd.services.meilisearch.environment.MEILI_HTTP_PAYLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT = "512000000";
+    services.meilisearch = {
+      enable = true;
+      noAnalytics = true;
+
+      # packages.json is already >250mb
+      payloadSizeLimit = "512000000";
+      environment = "development";
+      masterKeyEnvironmentFile = null;
+    };
+  };
+  testScript = ''
+      start_all()
+
+      machine.wait_for_unit("meilisearch")
+      machine.wait_for_open_port(7700)
+  '';
+}