diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/et/etlegacy-unwrapped/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/et/etlegacy-unwrapped/package.nix
index 1dfd0007a0fd..eacd38703062 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/et/etlegacy-unwrapped/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/et/etlegacy-unwrapped/package.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   SDL2,
   sqlite,
   zlib,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 let
   version = "2.84.0";
@@ -108,6 +109,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     (lib.cmakeFeature "INSTALL_DEFAULT_BINDIR" "${placeholder "out"}/bin")
   ];
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "ET: Legacy is an open source project based on the code of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory which was released in 2010 under the terms of the GPLv3 license";
     homepage = "https://etlegacy.com";