diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nu/nuspell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nuspell/package.nix
index c8c676c27d04..c0caad17608e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nu/nuspell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nuspell/package.nix
@@ -3,21 +3,23 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
+  ctestCheckHook,
   buildPackages,
   pkg-config,
   icu,
   catch2_3,
+  testers,
   enableManpages ? buildPackages.pandoc.compiler.bootstrapAvailable,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "nuspell";
   version = "5.1.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nuspell";
     repo = "nuspell";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-U/lHSxpKsBnamf4ikE2aIjEPSU5fxjtuSmhZR0jxMAI=";
   };
 
@@ -25,19 +27,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cmake
     pkg-config
   ]
-  ++ lib.optionals enableManpages [
-    buildPackages.pandoc
-  ];
+  ++ lib.optional enableManpages buildPackages.pandoc;
 
+  strictDeps = true;
   buildInputs = [ catch2_3 ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ icu ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DBUILD_TESTING=YES"
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (!enableManpages) [
-    "-DBUILD_DOCS=OFF"
+  cmakeFlags = lib.optional (!enableManpages) "-DBUILD_DOCS=OFF";
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    ctestCheckHook
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;
@@ -48,13 +48,27 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "dev"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  passthru = {
+    tests = {
+      pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+
+      cmake = testers.hasCmakeConfigModules {
+        moduleNames = [ "Nuspell" ];
+        package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+        version = finalAttrs.version;
+        versionCheck = true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Free and open source C++ spell checking library";
     mainProgram = "nuspell";
+    pkgConfigModules = [ "nuspell" ];
     homepage = "https://nuspell.github.io/";
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
-    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-    changelog = "https://github.com/nuspell/nuspell/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fpletz ];
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nuspell/nuspell/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/CHANGELOG.md";
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8e8ddc47eec8..4a14cf7821d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8528,9 +8528,8 @@ with pkgs;
   nss = nss_esr;
   nssTools = nss.tools;
 
-  nuspell = callPackage ../development/libraries/nuspell { };
   nuspellWithDicts =
-    dicts: callPackage ../development/libraries/nuspell/wrapper.nix { inherit dicts; };
+    dicts: callPackage ../by-name/nu/nuspell/wrapper.nix { inherit dicts; };
 
   nv-codec-headers-9 = nv-codec-headers.override { majorVersion = "9"; };
   nv-codec-headers-10 = nv-codec-headers.override { majorVersion = "10"; };