diff --git a/nixos/tests/zipline.nix b/nixos/tests/zipline.nix
index dfda9230ea7c..023c4484a810 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/zipline.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/zipline.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib, ... }:
+
 {
   name = "zipline";
   meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ defelo ];
@@ -20,6 +21,18 @@
     networking.hosts."127.0.0.1" = [ "zipline.local" ];
   };
 
+  interactive.nodes.machine = {
+    services.zipline.settings.CORE_HOSTNAME = lib.mkForce "0.0.0.0";
+    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 8000 ];
+    virtualisation.forwardPorts = [
+      {
+        from = "host";
+        host.port = 8000;
+        guest.port = 8000;
+      }
+    ];
+  };
+
   testScript = ''
     import json
     import re