diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-init/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-init/package.nix
index 83deac9e230b..510fa3c47c2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-init/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-init/package.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
   spdx-license-list-data,
   nix,
   nurl,
+  testers,
+  nix-init,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -92,6 +94,10 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     ZSTD_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = true;
   };
 
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = nix-init;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Command line tool to generate Nix packages from URLs";
     mainProgram = "nix-init";