diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/gcc/basic-configuration.nix b/tests/modules/programs/gcc/basic-configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50b3e5c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/gcc/basic-configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  config = {
+    programs.gcc = {
+      enable = true;
+    };
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      # Verify no GCC_COLORS environment variable is set when colors is empty
+      hmEnvFile=home-path/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
+      assertFileNotRegex $hmEnvFile 'GCC_COLORS'
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/gcc/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/gcc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee9277395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/gcc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  gcc-basic-configuration = ./basic-configuration.nix;
+  gcc-with-colors = ./with-colors.nix;
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/gcc/with-colors.nix b/tests/modules/programs/gcc/with-colors.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a9d543f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/gcc/with-colors.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  config = {
+    programs.gcc = {
+      enable = true;
+      colors = {
+        error = "01;31";
+        warning = "01;33";
+        note = "01;36";
+        caret = "01;32";
+        locus = "01";
+        quote = "01";
+      };
+    };
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      hmEnvFile=home-path/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
+      assertFileExists $hmEnvFile
+      assertFileRegex $hmEnvFile 'export GCC_COLORS="caret=01;32:error=01;31:locus=01:note=01;36:quote=01:warning=01;33"'
+    '';
+  };
+}