diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index a0aa4d4f6a0a..eed43d7a080e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@ in {
   systemd-misc = handleTest ./systemd-misc.nix {};
   systemd-userdbd = handleTest ./systemd-userdbd.nix {};
   systemd-homed = handleTest ./systemd-homed.nix {};
+  systemtap = handleTest ./systemtap.nix {};
   tandoor-recipes = handleTest ./tandoor-recipes.nix {};
   tang = handleTest ./tang.nix {};
   taskserver = handleTest ./taskserver.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/systemtap.nix b/nixos/tests/systemtap.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cd79d66e872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/systemtap.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ system ? builtins.currentSystem
+, config ? { }
+, pkgs ? import ../.. { inherit system config; }
+}@args:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+  stapScript = pkgs.writeText "test.stp" ''
+    probe kernel.function("do_sys_poll") {
+      println("kernel function probe & println work")
+      exit()
+    }
+  '';
+
+  ## TODO shared infra with ../kernel-generic.nix
+  testsForLinuxPackages = linuxPackages: (import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+    name = "kernel-${linuxPackages.kernel.version}";
+    meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
+      maintainers = [ bendlas ];
+    };
+
+    nodes.machine = { ... }:
+      {
+        boot.kernelPackages = linuxPackages;
+        programs.systemtap.enable = true;
+      };
+
+    testScript =
+      ''
+        with subtest("Capture stap ouput"):
+            output = machine.succeed("stap ${stapScript} 2>&1")
+
+        with subtest("Ensure that expected output from stap script is there"):
+            assert "kernel function probe & println work\n" == output, "kernel function probe & println work\n != " + output
+      '';
+  }) args);
+
+  ## TODO shared infra with ../kernel-generic.nix
+  kernels = {
+    inherit (pkgs.linuxKernel.packageAliases) linux_default linux_latest;
+  };
+
+in mapAttrs (_: lP: testsForLinuxPackages lP) kernels // {
+  passthru = {
+    inherit testsForLinuxPackages;
+
+    testsForKernel = kernel: testsForLinuxPackages (pkgs.linuxPackagesFor kernel);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix
index 11f5b5d49aad..25bdd45e03b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/systemtap/default.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ let
   ## fetchgit info
   url = "git://sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git";
   rev = "release-${version}";
-  sha256 = "sha256-UiUMoqdfkk6mzaPGctpQW3dvOWKhNBNuScJ5BpCykVg=";
-  version = "4.8";
+  sha256 = "sha256-2L7+k/tgI6trkstDTY4xxfFzmNDlxbCHDRKAFaERQeM=";
+  version = "5.0a";
 
   inherit (kernel) stdenv;
 
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ let
     env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations" ]; # Needed with GCC 12
   };
 
+  ## symlink farm for --sysroot flag
+  sysroot = runCommand "systemtap-sysroot-${kernel.version}" { } ''
+    mkdir -p $out/boot $out/usr/lib/debug
+    ln -s ${kernel.dev}/vmlinux ${kernel.dev}/lib $out
+    ln -s ${kernel.dev}/vmlinux $out/usr/lib/debug
+    ln -s ${kernel}/System.map $out/boot/System.map-${kernel.version}
+  '';
+
   pypkgs = with python3.pkgs; makePythonPath [ pyparsing ];
 
 in runCommand "systemtap-${kernel.version}-${version}" {
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ in runCommand "systemtap-${kernel.version}-${version}" {
   done
   rm $out/bin/stap $out/bin/dtrace
   makeWrapper $stapBuild/bin/stap $out/bin/stap \
-    --add-flags "-r ${kernel.dev}" \
+    --add-flags "--sysroot ${sysroot}" \
     --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ stdenv.cc.cc stdenv.cc.bintools elfutils gnumake ]}
   makeWrapper $stapBuild/bin/dtrace $out/bin/dtrace \
     --prefix PYTHONPATH : ${pypkgs}