diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cd/cdxgen/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cd/cdxgen/package.nix
index f962b51cac5e..6acc880e371f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cd/cdxgen/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cd/cdxgen/package.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
   fetchPnpmDeps,
   pnpmConfigHook,
   stdenv,
+
+  # tests
+  runCommand,
+  testers,
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "cdxgen";
@@ -55,6 +59,24 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     find $out -xtype l -print -delete
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    };
+
+    sbom =
+      runCommand "${finalAttrs.pname}-${finalAttrs.version}-test-sbom"
+        {
+          nativeBuildInputs = [ finalAttrs.finalPackage ];
+        }
+        ''
+          pushd ${finalAttrs.src}/test/repotests/npm-smoke
+          cdxgen -t npm -o $out/bom.json .
+          grep -q '"bomFormat"' "$out/bom.json"
+          popd
+        '';
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Creates CycloneDX Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) for your projects from source and container images";
     mainProgram = "cdxgen";