diff --git a/tests/modules/services/ssh-agent/basic-service-expected.service b/tests/modules/services/ssh-agent/basic-service-expected.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd62255ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/services/ssh-agent/basic-service-expected.service
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@openssh@/bin/ssh-agent -D -a %t/ssh-agent
+
+[Unit]
+Description=SSH authentication agent
+Documentation=man:ssh-agent(1)
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/ssh-agent/basic-service.nix b/tests/modules/services/ssh-agent/basic-service.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3309df4f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/services/ssh-agent/basic-service.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ config, ... }:
+
+{
+  config = {
+    services.ssh-agent = {
+      enable = true;
+    };
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      assertFileContent \
+        home-files/.config/systemd/user/ssh-agent.service \
+        ${./basic-service-expected.service}
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/ssh-agent/default.nix b/tests/modules/services/ssh-agent/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66754c040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/services/ssh-agent/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+lib.optionalAttrs pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux {
+  ssh-agent-basic-service = ./basic-service.nix;
+}