diff --git a/nixos/release.nix b/nixos/release.nix
index d5093a7883e8..84e39cd91dc4 100644
--- a/nixos/release.nix
+++ b/nixos/release.nix
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ in rec {
   tests.slim = callTest tests/slim.nix {};
   tests.smokeping = callTest tests/smokeping.nix {};
   tests.snapper = callTest tests/snapper.nix {};
+  tests.statsd = callTest tests/statsd.nix {};
   tests.switchTest = callTest tests/switch-test.nix {};
   tests.taskserver = callTest tests/taskserver.nix {};
   tests.tomcat = callTest tests/tomcat.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/statsd.nix b/nixos/tests/statsd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6bbc3901630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/statsd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, lib }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  name = "statsd";
+  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ ma27 ];
+  };
+
+  nodes.statsd1 = {
+    services.statsd.enable = true;
+    services.statsd.backends = [ "statsd-influxdb-backend" "console" ];
+    services.statsd.extraConfig = ''
+      influxdb: {
+        username: "root",
+        password: "root",
+        database: "statsd"
+      }
+    '';
+
+    services.influxdb.enable = true;
+
+    systemd.services.influx-init = {
+      description = "Setup Influx Test Base";
+      after = [ "influxdb.service" ];
+      before = [ "statsd.service" ];
+
+      script = ''
+        echo "CREATE DATABASE statsd" | ${pkgs.influxdb}/bin/influx
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    $statsd1->start();
+    $statsd1->waitForUnit("statsd.service");
+    $statsd1->succeed("nc -z 127.0.0.1 8126");
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix
index 5cf8b2beff0a..179629ddfa69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix
@@ -68,8 +68,4 @@ nodePackages // {
     '';
     buildInputs = oldAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.phantomjs2 ];
   });
-
-  # create an alias to ensure that Nix finds the appropriate package
-  # by adopting the naming convention (statsd-`type`-backend) for statsd plugins.
-  statsd-stackdriver-backend = nodePackages.stackdriver-statsd-backend;
 }