diff --git a/ioc/tests/default.nix b/ioc/tests/default.nix
index 4150e7d8..5ee713fb 100644
--- a/ioc/tests/default.nix
+++ b/ioc/tests/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
   {
     default-ioc-epics-base-3 = import ./default-ioc "3" args;
     default-ioc-epics-base-7 = import ./default-ioc "7" args;
+    example-ioc = import ./example-ioc args;
 
     pyepics = import ./pyepics args;
 
diff --git a/ioc/tests/example-ioc/default.nix b/ioc/tests/example-ioc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dcd711a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ioc/tests/example-ioc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: let
+  inherit (pkgs) epnixLib;
+  inherit (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
+
+  result = epnixLib.evalEpnixModules {
+    nixpkgsConfig.system = system;
+    epnixConfig.imports = [
+      (import ./epnix.nix)
+    ];
+  };
+
+  service = result.config.epnix.nixos.services.ioc.config;
+
+  ioc = result.outputs.build;
+in
+  pkgs.nixosTest {
+    name = "example-ioc";
+    meta.maintainers = with epnixLib.maintainers; [minijackson];
+
+    nodes.machine = {
+      environment.systemPackages = [pkgs.epnix.epics-base];
+      systemd.services.ioc = service;
+    };
+
+    testScript = ''
+      machine.wait_for_unit("default.target")
+      machine.wait_for_unit("ioc.service")
+
+      def logs_has(content: str) -> None:
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds(f"journalctl --no-pager -u ioc.service | grep -F '{content}'")
+
+      with subtest("wait until started"):
+        machine.wait_until_succeeds("caget -t epnix:aiExample")
+
+      with subtest("EPICS revision is correct"):
+        logs_has("## EPICS R7")
+
+      with subtest("ai/calc records"):
+        ai_example = int(machine.wait_until_succeeds("caget -t epnix:aiExample").strip())
+        assert 0 <= ai_example <= 9
+
+      with subtest("version record"):
+        assert machine.succeed("caget -t epnix:simple:version").strip() == "EPNix"
+
+      with subtest("aSub record"):
+        logs_has("Record epnix:aSubExample called myAsubInit")
+        logs_has("Record epnix:aSubExample called myAsubProcess")
+
+      # Also needs the debug mode activated above
+      with subtest("sub record"):
+        logs_has("Record epnix:subExample called mySubInit")
+        machine.succeed("caput epnix:subExample 42")
+        logs_has("Record epnix:subExample called mySubProcess")
+
+      with subtest("Sequencer program is running"):
+        logs_has("sncExample: Startup delay over")
+        logs_has("sncExample: Changing to")
+
+      with subtest("Sequencer program is running"):
+        machine.succeed("echo 'hello world' | nc localhost 2000 -N")
+        logs_has("Hello world, from simple")
+
+      # TODO: test QSRV, but it feels flaky, pvget times-out most of the time
+    '';
+
+    passthru = {
+      inherit ioc;
+    };
+  }
diff --git a/ioc/tests/example-ioc/epnix.nix b/ioc/tests/example-ioc/epnix.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28911e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ioc/tests/example-ioc/epnix.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: {
+  epnix = {
+    meta.name = "checks-example-ioc";
+    buildConfig.src =
+      pkgs.runCommand "example-top" {
+        nativeBuildInputs = [pkgs.epnix.epics-base];
+      } ''
+        mkdir $out
+        cd $out
+        makeBaseApp.pl -u epnix -t example simple
+        makeBaseApp.pl -u epnix -t example -i -a linux-x86_64 -p simple Simple
+      '';
+
+    buildConfig.attrs.patches = [./example-top.patch];
+
+    support.modules = with pkgs.epnix.support; [seq];
+
+    nixos.services.ioc = {
+      app = "simple";
+      ioc = "iocSimple";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/ioc/tests/example-ioc/example-top.patch b/ioc/tests/example-ioc/example-top.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95c2e9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ioc/tests/example-ioc/example-top.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/iocBoot/iocSimple/st.cmd b/iocBoot/iocSimple/st.cmd
+index af59327..bc12277 100755
+--- a/iocBoot/iocSimple/st.cmd
++++ b/iocBoot/iocSimple/st.cmd
+@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ dbLoadRecords "db/simpleVersion.db", "user=epnix"
+ dbLoadRecords "db/dbSubExample.db", "user=epnix"
+ 
+ #- Set this to see messages from mySub
+-#-var mySubDebug 1
++var mySubDebug 1
+ 
+ #- Run this to trace the stages of iocInit
+-#-traceIocInit
++traceIocInit
+ 
+ cd "${TOP}/iocBoot/${IOC}"
+ iocInit
+ 
+ ## Start any sequence programs
+-#seq sncExample, "user=epnix"
++seq sncExample, "user=epnix"