diff --git a/pkgs/test/dotnet/default.nix b/pkgs/test/dotnet/default.nix
index 72c2f5a64def8..601cf5c15e4e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/dotnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/dotnet/default.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
   use-dotnet-from-env = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./use-dotnet-from-env { });
   structured-attrs = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./structured-attrs { });
   final-attrs = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./final-attrs { });
+  nuget-deps = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./nuget-deps { });
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/test/dotnet/nuget-deps/default.nix b/pkgs/test/dotnet/nuget-deps/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bf0e1445e93eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/dotnet/nuget-deps/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Tests that `nugetDeps` in buildDotnetModule can handle various types.
+
+{
+  lib,
+  dotnet-sdk,
+  buildPackages, # buildDotnetModule
+  runCommand,
+}:
+
+let
+  inherit (lib)
+    mapAttrs
+    ;
+
+  inherit (buildPackages)
+    emptyDirectory
+    buildDotnetModule
+    ;
+
+in
+mapAttrs
+  (
+    name: nugetDeps:
+    buildDotnetModule {
+      name = "nuget-deps-${name}";
+      unpackPhase = ''
+        runHook preUnpack
+
+        mkdir test
+        cd test
+        dotnet new console -o .
+        ls -l
+
+        runHook postUnpack
+      '';
+      inherit nugetDeps;
+    }
+  )
+  {
+    "null" = null;
+    "file" = ./nuget-deps.nix;
+    "derivation" = emptyDirectory;
+    "list" = [ emptyDirectory ];
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/test/dotnet/nuget-deps/nuget-deps.nix b/pkgs/test/dotnet/nuget-deps/nuget-deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dbfecc1b26058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/dotnet/nuget-deps/nuget-deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This file was automatically generated by passthru.fetch-deps.
+# Please dont edit it manually, your changes might get overwritten!
+
+{ fetchNuGet }:
+[
+]