diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix
index 25aa3b470..479238649 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  zsh-local-variables = ./local-variables.nix;
   zsh-session-variables = ./session-variables.nix;
   zsh-history-path-new-default = ./history-path-new-default.nix;
   zsh-history-path-new-custom = ./history-path-new-custom.nix;
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/zsh/local-variables.nix b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/local-variables.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e22ad1894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/zsh/local-variables.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  config = {
+    programs.zsh = {
+      enable = true;
+
+      localVariables = rec {
+        V1 = true;
+        V2 = false;
+        V3 = "some-string";
+        V4 = 42;
+        V5 = [ V1 V2 V3 V4 ];
+      };
+    };
+
+    test.stubs.zsh = { };
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      assertFileExists home-files/.zshrc
+      assertFileContains home-files/.zshrc 'V1=true'
+      assertFileContains home-files/.zshrc 'V2=false'
+      assertFileContains home-files/.zshrc 'V3="some-string"'
+      assertFileContains home-files/.zshrc 'V4="42"'
+      assertFileContains home-files/.zshrc 'V5=(true false "some-string" "42")'
+      '';
+  };
+}