diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 2b538a450c2f..1a2a22a02903 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -1408,6 +1408,7 @@ in
   rspamd-trainer = runTest ./rspamd-trainer.nix;
   rss-bridge = handleTest ./web-apps/rss-bridge { };
   rss2email = handleTest ./rss2email.nix { };
+  rstp = runTest ./rstp.nix;
   rstudio-server = runTest ./rstudio-server.nix;
   rsync = runTest ./rsync.nix;
   rsyncd = runTest ./rsyncd.nix;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/containers-restart_networking.nix b/nixos/tests/containers-restart_networking.nix
index aef845a90ed8..42b8351afdf7 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/containers-restart_networking.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/containers-restart_networking.nix
@@ -55,24 +55,6 @@
           ];
         };
       };
-
-      specialisation.eth1-rstp.configuration = {
-        networking.bridges.br0 = {
-          interfaces = [ "eth1" ];
-          rstp = lib.mkForce true;
-        };
-
-        networking.interfaces = {
-          eth1.ipv4.addresses = lib.mkForce [ ];
-          eth1.ipv6.addresses = lib.mkForce [ ];
-          br0.ipv4.addresses = [
-            {
-              address = "192.168.1.2";
-              prefixLength = 24;
-            }
-          ];
-        };
-      };
     };
   };
 
@@ -100,19 +82,6 @@
             "grep eth1 /run/br0.interfaces >&2",
         )
 
-    #  activating rstp needs another service, therefore the bridge will restart and the container will lose its connectivity
-    # with subtest("Bridged configuration with STP"):
-    #     client.succeed("/run/booted-system/specialisation/eth1-rstp/bin/switch-to-configuration test >&2")
-    #     client.execute("ip -4 a >&2")
-    #     client.execute("ip l >&2")
-    #
-    #     client.succeed(
-    #         "ping 192.168.1.122 -c 1 -n >&2",
-    #         "nixos-container run webserver -- ping -c 1 -n 192.168.1.2 >&2",
-    #         "ip l show eth1 |grep 'master br0' >&2",
-    #         "grep eth1 /run/br0.interfaces >&2",
-    #     )
-
     with subtest("Reverting to initial configuration preserves connectivity"):
         client.succeed(
             "/run/booted-system/bin/switch-to-configuration test >&2"
diff --git a/nixos/tests/rstp.nix b/nixos/tests/rstp.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23477f5a63d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/rstp.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{
+  name = "rstp";
+
+  nodes = {
+    client = {
+      containers = {
+        peer = {
+          autoStart = true;
+          privateNetwork = true;
+          hostBridge = "br0";
+
+          config = {
+            networking = {
+              interfaces = {
+                eth0 = {
+                  ipv4.addresses = [
+                    {
+                      address = "192.168.1.122";
+                      prefixLength = 24;
+                    }
+                  ];
+                };
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+
+      networking = {
+        bridges = {
+          br0 = {
+            interfaces = [ ];
+            rstp = true;
+          };
+        };
+
+        interfaces = {
+          eth1 = {
+            ipv4.addresses = lib.mkForce [ ];
+            ipv6.addresses = lib.mkForce [ ];
+          };
+
+          br0 = {
+            ipv4.addresses = [
+              {
+                address = "192.168.1.2";
+                prefixLength = 24;
+              }
+            ];
+          };
+        };
+      };
+
+      virtualisation = {
+        vlans = [ 1 ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    client.start()
+    client.wait_for_unit("default.target")
+    client.wait_until_succeeds("journalctl | grep 'Port vb-peer : up'", timeout=10)
+  '';
+}