diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a350e74..0c19e44 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         nginx-pipeline-eval
         synapse-postgres
         synapse-sqlite
+        synapse-workers
         ;
     });
   };
diff --git a/tests/default.nix b/tests/default.nix
index 42888aa..3621350 100644
--- a/tests/default.nix
+++ b/tests/default.nix
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 
   synapse-postgres = pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest ./synapse-postgres;
   synapse-sqlite = pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest ./synapse-sqlite;
+  synapse-workers = pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest ./synapse-workers;
 }
diff --git a/tests/synapse-workers/default.nix b/tests/synapse-workers/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d327516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/synapse-workers/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  name = "matrix-synapse-workers";
+  nodes = {
+    server =
+      {
+        pkgs,
+        nodes,
+        ...
+      }:
+      {
+        imports = [
+          ../../synapse-module
+        ];
+
+        services.postgresql = {
+          enable = true;
+          initialScript = pkgs.writeText "synapse-init.sql" ''
+            CREATE ROLE "matrix-synapse" WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'synapse';
+            CREATE DATABASE "matrix-synapse" WITH OWNER "matrix-synapse"
+            TEMPLATE template0
+            LC_COLLATE = "C"
+            LC_CTYPE = "C";
+          '';
+        };
+
+        services.matrix-synapse-next = {
+          enable = true;
+
+          workers.federationSenders = 1;
+          workers.federationReceivers = 1;
+          workers.initialSyncers = 1;
+          workers.normalSyncers = 1;
+          workers.eventPersisters = 1;
+          workers.useUserDirectoryWorker = true;
+
+          settings = {
+            server_name = "example.com";
+            database = {
+              name = "psycopg2";
+              args.password = "synapse";
+            };
+          };
+        };
+
+        services.redis.servers."".enable = true;
+      };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    server.wait_for_unit("matrix-synapse.target");
+  '';
+}