diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/drill/example_dags/__init__.py b/airflow/providers/apache/drill/example_dags/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 13a83393a9124..0000000000000
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/drill/example_dags/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-drill/index.rst b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-drill/index.rst
index d3d85f780fe75..bc5456ca83979 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-drill/index.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-drill/index.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Content
     :maxdepth: 1
     :caption: Resources
 
-    Example DAGs <https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/main/airflow/providers/apache/drill/example_dags>
+    Example DAGs <https://github.com/apache/airflow/tree/main/tests/system/providers/apache/drill>
     PyPI Repository <https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-drill/>
     Installing from sources <installing-providers-from-sources>
 
diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-drill/operators.rst b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-drill/operators.rst
index 55025f977676e..cadc534ae6fd1 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-drill/operators.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-apache-drill/operators.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Executes one or more SQL queries on an Apache Drill server.  The ``sql`` paramet
 Using the operator
 """"""""""""""""""
 
-.. exampleinclude:: /../../airflow/providers/apache/drill/example_dags/example_drill_dag.py
+.. exampleinclude:: /../../tests/system/providers/apache/drill/example_drill_dag.py
     :language: python
     :dedent: 4
     :start-after: [START howto_operator_drill]
diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/drill/example_dags/example_drill_dag.py b/tests/system/providers/apache/drill/example_drill_dag.py
similarity index 83%
rename from airflow/providers/apache/drill/example_dags/example_drill_dag.py
rename to tests/system/providers/apache/drill/example_drill_dag.py
index d41e9e503aebc..9c721703013ff 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/drill/example_dags/example_drill_dag.py
+++ b/tests/system/providers/apache/drill/example_drill_dag.py
@@ -19,13 +19,18 @@
 """
 Example Airflow DAG to execute SQL in an Apache Drill environment using the `DrillOperator`.
 """
+
+import os
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from airflow.models import DAG
 from airflow.providers.apache.drill.operators.drill import DrillOperator
 
+ENV_ID = os.environ.get("SYSTEM_TESTS_ENV_ID")
+DAG_ID = "example_drill_dag"
+
 with DAG(
-    dag_id='example_drill_dag',
+    dag_id=DAG_ID,
     schedule_interval=None,
     start_date=datetime(2021, 1, 1),
     catchup=False,
@@ -40,3 +45,8 @@
         ''',
     )
     # [END howto_operator_drill]
+
+from tests.system.utils import get_test_run  # noqa: E402
+
+# Needed to run the example DAG with pytest (see: tests/system/README.md#run_via_pytest)
+test_run = get_test_run(dag)