diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadataBuilder.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadataBuilder.ts
index 6c80e680783b..fbe43194e094 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadataBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadataBuilder.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { Package, SdkInfo } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import { NextjsOptions } from './nextjsOptions';
 
-const SDK_NAME = 'sentry.javascript.nextjs';
-const PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX = 'npm:@sentry/';
+export const SDK_NAME = 'sentry.javascript.nextjs';
+export const PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX = 'npm:@sentry/';
 
 /**
  * A builder for the SDK metadata in the options for the SDK initialization.
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/test/utils/metadataBuilder.test.ts b/packages/nextjs/test/utils/metadataBuilder.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..888a35f765d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nextjs/test/utils/metadataBuilder.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/core';
+import { Package, SdkInfo } from '@sentry/types';
+
+import { MetadataBuilder, PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX, SDK_NAME } from '../../src/utils/metadataBuilder';
+import { NextjsOptions } from '../../src/utils/nextjsOptions';
+
+describe('build metadata', () => {
+  test('without packages', () => {
+    const nextjsOptions: NextjsOptions = {};
+    const metadataPackages: string[] = [];
+    testMetadataBuilder(nextjsOptions, metadataPackages);
+  });
+
+  test('with packages', () => {
+    const nextjsOptions: NextjsOptions = {};
+    const metadataPackages: string[] = ['packageA', 'packageB'];
+    testMetadataBuilder(nextjsOptions, metadataPackages);
+  });
+});
+
+function testMetadataBuilder(nextjsOptions: NextjsOptions, packages: string[]): void {
+  new MetadataBuilder(nextjsOptions, packages).addSdkMetadata();
+  const optionsMetadata = nextjsOptions._metadata;
+  expect(optionsMetadata).toBeDefined();
+  const sdkInfo = optionsMetadata?.sdk;
+  testSdkInfo(sdkInfo);
+  testSdkInfoPackages(sdkInfo?.packages, packages);
+}
+
+function testSdkInfo(sdkInfo: SdkInfo | undefined): void {
+  expect(sdkInfo).toBeDefined();
+  expect(sdkInfo?.name).toBeDefined();
+  expect(sdkInfo?.name).toEqual(SDK_NAME);
+  expect(sdkInfo?.version).toEqual(expect.any(String));
+  expect(sdkInfo?.packages).toEqual(expect.any(Array));
+}
+
+function testSdkInfoPackages(actualPkgs: Package[] | undefined, expectedPkgNames: string[]): void {
+  expect(actualPkgs).toBeDefined();
+  expect(actualPkgs).toHaveLength(expectedPkgNames.length);
+
+  const pkgNames = actualPkgs?.map((currentPkg: Package) => {
+    expect(currentPkg.version).toBeDefined();
+    expect(currentPkg.version).toEqual(SDK_VERSION);
+
+    expect(currentPkg.name).toBeDefined();
+    const pkgPrefix = currentPkg.name.substring(0, PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX.length);
+    expect(pkgPrefix).toEqual(PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX);
+    return currentPkg.name.substring(PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX.length);
+  });
+  expect(pkgNames).toEqual(expectedPkgNames);
+}