diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rclone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rclone/default.nix
index e821d7d3b1ff..f5acde79e2a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rclone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rclone/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   buildPackages,
   installShellFiles,
+  versionCheckHook,
   makeWrapper,
   enableCmount ? true,
   fuse,
@@ -83,6 +84,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
             --suffix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ fuse3 ]}"
         '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/${meta.mainProgram}";
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "version" ];
+
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit librclone;
   };