diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-zigbuild/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-zigbuild/package.nix
index 2f2b12561aae..8bf12964f702 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-zigbuild/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-zigbuild/package.nix
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   makeWrapper,
   zig,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "cargo-zigbuild";
   version = "0.20.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "messense";
     repo = "cargo-zigbuild";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-xJiYtVrvWEBsyTbcHKsbnTpbcTryX+ZP/OjD7GP6gQU=";
   };
 
@@ -26,12 +27,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       --prefix PATH : ${zig}/bin
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+
   meta = {
     description = "Tool to compile Cargo projects with zig as the linker";
     mainProgram = "cargo-zigbuild";
     homepage = "https://github.com/messense/cargo-zigbuild";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/messense/cargo-zigbuild/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/messense/cargo-zigbuild/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.progrm_jarvis ];
   };
-}
+})