diff --git a/checks.nix b/checks.nix
index 85caa92..b0cc7a8 100644
--- a/checks.nix
+++ b/checks.nix
@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@
 
 {
   emacs29,
+  lib,
+  linkFarm,
   runCommand,
   testers,
   tmux,
   writeText,
   writeTextDir,
+
   makeDoomPackages,
   toInit,
 }:
 let
+  inherit (lib.generators) toPretty;
   common = {
     # TODO: drop after NixOS 24.05 release.
     emacs = emacs29;
@@ -31,12 +35,19 @@ let
   mkDoom = args: (makeDoomPackages (common // args)).doomEmacs;
   mkDoomDir = args: writeTextDir "init.el" (toInit args);
   minimalDoomDir = mkDoomDir { config = [ "default" ]; };
-  doomTest = assertion: args: testers.testEqualContents {
-    inherit assertion;
+  doomTest = name: init: doomArgs: testers.testEqualContents {
+    assertion = "name = ${name}; modules = ${toPretty {} init}; args = ${toPretty {} doomArgs};";
     expected = writeText "doom-expected" "Doom functions";
     # Runs Doom in tmux, waiting (by polling) until its window disappears.
     actual = runCommand "interactive" {
-      nativeBuildInputs = [ tmux (mkDoom args) ];
+      # Read by tests.el.
+      testName = name;
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ tmux (mkDoom (doomArgs // {
+        doomDir = linkFarm "test-doomdir" {
+          "config.el" = ./tests.el;
+          "init.el" = writeText "init.el" (toInit init);
+        };
+      })) ];
     } ''
       tmux new-session -s doom-testing -d
       tmux new-window -n doom-window doom-emacs
@@ -61,9 +72,6 @@ in {
     doomDir = ./doomdirs/example;
     profileName = "";
   };
-  interactive = doomTest "minimal doom starts" { doomDir = ./doomdirs/test; };
-  interactive-without-loader = doomTest "minimal doom (without loader) starts" {
-    doomDir = ./doomdirs/test;
-    profileName = "";
-  };
+  interactive = doomTest "minimal" { config = [ "default" ]; } { };
+  interactive-without-loader = doomTest "minimal" { config = [ "default" ]; } { profileName = ""; };
 }
diff --git a/doomdirs/test/init.el b/doomdirs/test/init.el
deleted file mode 100644
index c99e78c..0000000
--- a/doomdirs/test/init.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-;; Copyright 2024 Google LLC
-;;
-;; Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-;; you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-;; You may obtain a copy of the License at
-;;
-;;     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-;;
-;; Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-;; distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-;; WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-;; See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-;; limitations under the License.
-
-;; Doom doesn't like a completely empty doom! block.
-(doom! :config default)
diff --git a/doomdirs/test/config.el b/tests.el
similarity index 66%
rename from doomdirs/test/config.el
rename to tests.el
index 0de99da..c675f27 100644
--- a/doomdirs/test/config.el
+++ b/tests.el
@@ -19,9 +19,20 @@
 ;; This tries to hook into startup as late as possible, write a sign of life
 ;; (currently a string written to $out), and then exits.
 
+(defun test-minimal ()
+  ;; The minimal test is a noop.
+  )
+
 (defun test-doom ()
-  (let ((out (getenv "out")))
-    (write-region "Doom functions" nil out nil nil nil 'mustbenew))
+  (let* ((out (getenv "out"))
+         (test (intern-soft (format "test-%s" (getenv "testName"))))
+         (result (condition-case err
+                     (funcall test)
+                   (error
+                    (format "%s failed: %s" test err))
+                   (:success
+                    "Doom functions"))))
+    (write-region result nil out nil nil nil 'mustbenew))
   (kill-emacs))
 
 (add-hook 'doom-after-init-hook 'test-doom)