diff --git a/tests/syntax-tests/highlighted/nix/test.nix b/tests/syntax-tests/highlighted/nix/test.nix
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index 00000000..b210bc63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syntax-tests/highlighted/nix/test.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ nixpkgs ? <nixpkgs>
+, nixpkgs' ? import nixpkgs {}}: with nixpkgs';
+
+# some comment
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "test";
+  version = "0.2.3";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = ./;
+
+  buildInputs = {
+    gzip
+    bzip2
+    python27
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/syntax-tests/source/nix/test.nix b/tests/syntax-tests/source/nix/test.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6fed002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syntax-tests/source/nix/test.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ nixpkgs ? <nixpkgs>
+, nixpkgs' ? import nixpkgs {}}: with nixpkgs';
+
+# some comment
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "test";
+  version = "0.2.3";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = ./;
+
+  buildInputs = {
+    gzip
+    bzip2
+    python27
+  };
+}
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