diff --git a/nix/grafana_test.nix b/nix/grafana_test.nix
index 9d0cb725..e635214c 100644
--- a/nix/grafana_test.nix
+++ b/nix/grafana_test.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,49 @@
-{ pkgs, config, ... }: {
+{ pkgs, config, ... }:
+let
+  dashboardUid = "adnyzrfa5cqv4c"
+  dashboardTitle = "Test dashboard"
+  dashboardJson = pkgs.writeText "test_dashboard.json" ''
+    {
+      "annotations": {
+        "list": [
+          {
+            "builtIn": 1,
+            "datasource": {
+              "type": "grafana",
+              "uid": "-- Grafana --"
+            },
+            "enable": true,
+            "hide": true,
+            "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
+            "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
+            "type": "dashboard"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "editable": true,
+      "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
+      "graphTooltip": 0,
+      "id": 3,
+      "links": [],
+      "panels": [],
+      "schemaVersion": 39,
+      "tags": [],
+      "templating": {
+        "list": []
+      },
+      "time": {
+        "from": "now-6h",
+        "to": "now"
+      },
+      "timepicker": {},
+      "timezone": "browser",
+      "title": "${dashboardTitle}",
+      "uid": "${dashboardUid}",
+      "version": 1,
+      "weekStart": ""
+    }
+  ''
+in {
   services.grafana."gf1" =
     {
       enable = true;
@@ -7,6 +52,15 @@
         security.admin_user = "patato";
         security.admin_password = "potato";
       };
+      providers = [
+        {
+          name = "Test dashboard provider";
+          type = "file";
+          options = {
+            path = builtins.dirOf dashboardJson;
+          };
+        }
+      ];
     };
 
   settings.processes.test =
@@ -22,8 +76,12 @@
             ADMIN=${cfg.extraConf.security.admin_user}
             PASSWORD=${cfg.extraConf.security.admin_password}
             ROOT_URL="${cfg.protocol}://${cfg.domain}:${builtins.toString cfg.http_port}";
+            # The admin user can authenticate against the running service.
             curl -sSfN -u $ADMIN:$PASSWORD $ROOT_URL/api/org/users -i
             curl -sSfN -u $ADMIN:$PASSWORD $ROOT_URL/api/org/users | grep admin\@localhost
+            # The dashboard provisioner was used to create a dashboard.
+            curl -sSfN -u $ADMIN:$PASSWORD $ROOT_URL/api/org/dashboards/uid/${dashboardUid} -i
+            curl -sSfN -u $ADMIN:$PASSWORD $ROOT_URL/api/org/dashboards/uid/${dashboardUid} | grep '"title":${dashboardTitle}'
           '';
         name = "grafana-test";
       };