diff --git a/stages/test/test_systemd.py b/stages/test/test_systemd.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/stages/test/test_systemd.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import os
+import os.path
+
+from osbuild.testutil.imports import import_module_from_path
+
+
+def test_systemd_masked_generators(tmp_path):
+    stage_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../org.osbuild.systemd")
+    stage = import_module_from_path("stage", stage_path)
+
+    options = {"masked_generators": ["fake-generator"]}
+
+    stage.main(tmp_path, options)
+
+    masked_generator_path = os.path.join(tmp_path, "etc/systemd/system-generators/fake-generator")
+    assert os.path.lexists(masked_generator_path)
+    assert os.readlink(masked_generator_path) == "/dev/null"