diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 7c946be9ddaf..6e15fa832557 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -24774,6 +24774,12 @@
     githubId = 143103;
     name = "Attila Sztupak";
   };
+  t-monaghan = {
+    email = "tomaghan@gmail.com";
+    github = "t-monaghan";
+    githubId = 62273348;
+    name = "Thomas Monaghan";
+  };
   t184256 = {
     email = "monk@unboiled.info";
     github = "t184256";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/se/sesh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/se/sesh/package.nix
index 8c7e8dd3a897..eda3938abb6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/se/sesh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/se/sesh/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   buildGoModule,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "sesh";
@@ -19,14 +20,22 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
+    "-X main.version=${version}"
   ];
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckKeepEnvironment = [ "HOME" ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Smart session manager for the terminal";
     homepage = "https://github.com/joshmedeski/sesh";
     changelog = "https://github.com/joshmedeski/sesh/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ gwg313 ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      gwg313
+      t-monaghan
+    ];
     mainProgram = "sesh";
   };
 }