diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ob/objfw/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ob/objfw/package.nix
index cd29a1ab9fb89..6dd746184f351 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ob/objfw/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ob/objfw/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   clangStdenv,
   fetchfossil,
   lib,
+  objfw,
+  writeTextDir,
 }:
 
 clangStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -30,6 +32,47 @@ clangStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    build-hello-world = clangStdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "ObjFW test";
+      buildInputs = [ objfw ];
+
+      src = writeTextDir "helloworld.m" ''
+        #import <ObjFW/ObjFW.h>
+        int main() {
+          OFLog(@"Hello world from objc");
+          return 0;
+        }
+      '';
+
+      buildPhase = ''
+        runHook preBuild
+        clang -o testbinary \
+              -x objective-c -Xclang \
+              -fobjc-runtime=objfw \
+              -funwind-tables \
+              -fconstant-string-class=OFConstantString \
+              -Xclang -fno-constant-cfstrings \
+              helloworld.m \
+              -lobjfw -lobjfwrt
+        runHook postBuild
+      '';
+
+      checkPhase = ''
+        runHook preCheck
+        ./testbinary
+        runHook postCheck
+      '';
+      doCheck = true;
+
+      installPhase = ''
+        runHook preInstall
+        touch $out
+        runHook postInstall
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "A portable framework for the Objective-C language";
     homepage = "https://objfw.nil.im";