diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/zed/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/zed/default.nix
index 5441946052b3..1635f4d0cf94 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/zed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/zed/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { lib
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, testers
+, zed
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -18,11 +20,27 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   subPackages = [ "cmd/zed" "cmd/zq" ];
 
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X=github.com/brimdata/zed/cli.Version=${version}"
+  ];
+
+  passthru.tests = {
+    zed-version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = zed;
+    };
+    zq-version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = zed;
+      command = "zq --version";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A novel data lake based on super-structured data";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/brimdata/zed";
+    homepage = "https://zed.brimdata.io";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/brimdata/zed/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dit7ya ];
-    changelog = "https://github.com/brimdata/zed/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
   };
 }