diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/package.nix
index 9b95c11d6737..a55d917bfde2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/package.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   libbfd,
   libopcodes,
   otf2,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
                      "find_program(OTF2_CONFIG "${lib.getExe' otf2 "otf2-config"}" REQUIRED)" \
       --replace-fail "find_program(OTF2_PRINT otf2-print REQUIRED)" \
                      "find_program(OTF2_PRINT "${lib.getExe' otf2 "otf2-print"}" REQUIRED)"
+    # 2.1.1 incorrectly reports 2.1.0. TODO: Remove after next release
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "2.1.0" "${finalAttrs.version}"
     patchShebangs test
   '';
 
@@ -76,6 +80,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     moveToOutput bin/eztrace_create_plugin "$dev"
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Tool that aims at generating automatically execution trace from HPC programs";
     homepage = "https://eztrace.gitlab.io/eztrace/index.html";