diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ad/adaptivecpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adaptivecpp/package.nix
index c0663597a5adc4..17f41b4146b838 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ad/adaptivecpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adaptivecpp/package.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   autoAddDriverRunpath,
   callPackage,
   symlinkJoin,
+  runCommand,
   nix-update-script,
 }:
 let
@@ -99,9 +100,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # For tests
     inherit (finalAttrs) nativeBuildInputs buildInputs;
 
-    tests = {
-      sycl = callPackage ./tests.nix { };
-    };
+    tests =
+      let
+        runner = callPackage ./tests.nix { };
+        run = cmd: runCommand cmd { } ''
+          # the test runner wants to write to $HOME/.acpp, so we need to have it point to a real directory
+          mkdir home
+          export HOME=`pwd`/home
+
+          ${runner}/bin/${cmd} && touch $out
+        '';
+      in
+      {
+        inherit runner;
+        sycl = run "sycl_tests";
+        rt = run "rt_tests";
+        deviceCompilation = run "device_compilation_tests";
+        dump = run "dump_tests";
+        platformApi = run "platform_api";
+      };
 
     updateScript = nix-update-script { };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ad/adaptivecpp/tests.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adaptivecpp/tests.nix
index 572f56696aec8e..5d8ffa6c98f0a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ad/adaptivecpp/tests.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adaptivecpp/tests.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   adaptivecpp,
-  # within the nix sandbox, the tests will likely be unable to access the gpu.
-  # for now we just test omp by default as a sanity check,
-  # however the bulk of work in acpp focuses on the generic target, so we want to switch to that.
-  targetsBuild ? "omp",
-  targetsRun ? "omp",
+  # Within the nix sandbox, and on the CI especially, the tests will likely be unable to access a gpu.
+  # While the CI won't be able to test on a GPU, we can do a sanity check with OMP atleast
+  #
+  # The bulk of work in acpp focuses on the generic target, so we want to test that first and foremost.
+  # Not setting an explicit target makes it default to the generic target.
+  targets ? null,
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "${adaptivecpp.pname}-tests";
@@ -21,25 +22,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   cmakeFlags =
     [
-      # see above
       "-DAdaptiveCpp_DIR=${adaptivecpp}/lib/cmake/AdaptiveCpp"
     ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (targetsBuild != null) [
-      "-DACCP_TARGETS=\"${targetsBuild}\""
+    ++ lib.optionals (targets!= null) [
+      "-DACCP_TARGETS=\"${targets}\""
     ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
-  checkPhase = ''
-    # the test runner wants to write to $HOME/.acpp, so we need to have it point to a real directory
-    mkdir home
-    export HOME=`pwd`/home
+  doCheck = false;
 
-    ${lib.strings.optionalString (targetsRun != null) "export ACPP_VISIBILITY_MASK=\"${targetsRun}\""}
-    ./sycl_tests
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir $out
+    install -Dm755 sycl_tests -t $out/bin/
+    install -Dm755 rt_tests -t $out/bin/
+    install -Dm755 device_compilation_tests -t $out/bin/
+    install -Dm755 dump_test/dump_test -t $out/bin/
+    install -Dm755 platform_api/platform_api -t $out/bin/
   '';
 
-  installPhase = "touch $out";
-
   # currently fails to build
   # see https://logs.ofborg.org/?key=nixos/nixpkgs.360893&attempt_id=3b1feb45-0b7d-4cf1-8e38-917afcc12c67
   meta.broken = stdenv.isDarwin;