diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zr/zrepl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zr/zrepl/package.nix
index 319af942b54e..63b9ae810b5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zr/zrepl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zr/zrepl/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   makeWrapper,
+  versionCheckHook,
   nixosTests,
   openssh,
 }:
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
-    "-X github.com/zrepl/zrepl/version.zreplVersion=${finalAttrs.version}"
+    "-X github.com/zrepl/zrepl/internal/version.zreplVersion=${finalAttrs.version}"
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
       --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ openssh ]}
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "version";
+
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit (nixosTests) zrepl;
   };