diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentofu-ls/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentofu-ls/package.nix
index a9a44d500c51..0f478c6885f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentofu-ls/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentofu-ls/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
   unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
+    "-X 'main.rawVersion=${finalAttrs.version}'"
   ];
 
   checkFlags =
@@ -40,6 +42,11 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/tofu-ls";
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
   };