diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/generic.nix
index 1d681883eb03..29191dba702d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/generic.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ in
   libseccomp,
   libuuid,
   mount,
+  versionCheckHook,
   # This is for nvidia-container-cli
   nvidia-docker,
   openssl,
@@ -217,11 +218,6 @@ in
           ]
         ) originalDefaultPaths}
     '') sourceFilesWithDefaultPaths}
-
-    substituteInPlace internal/pkg/util/gpu/nvidia.go \
-      --replace \
-        'return fmt.Errorf("/usr/bin not writable in the container")' \
-        ""
   '';
 
   postConfigure = ''
@@ -250,20 +246,22 @@ in
 
   postFixup = ''
     substituteInPlace "$out/bin/run-singularity" \
-      --replace "/usr/bin/env ${projectName}" "$out/bin/${projectName}"
+      --replace-fail "/usr/bin/env ${projectName}" "$out/bin/${projectName}"
+
     # Respect PATH from the environment/the user.
     # Fallback to bin paths provided by Nixpkgs packages.
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/${projectName}" \
       --suffix PATH : "$systemDefaultPath" \
       --suffix PATH : "$inputsDefaultPath"
+
     # Make changes in the config file
     ${lib.optionalString forceNvcCli ''
       substituteInPlace "$out/etc/${projectName}/${projectName}.conf" \
-        --replace "use nvidia-container-cli = no" "use nvidia-container-cli = yes"
+        --replace-fail "use nvidia-container-cli = no" "use nvidia-container-cli = yes"
     ''}
     ${lib.optionalString (enableNvidiaContainerCli && projectName == "singularity") ''
       substituteInPlace "$out/etc/${projectName}/${projectName}.conf" \
-        --replace "# nvidia-container-cli path =" "nvidia-container-cli path = ${nvidia-docker}/bin/nvidia-container-cli"
+        --replace-fail "# nvidia-container-cli path =" "nvidia-container-cli path = ${nvidia-docker}/bin/nvidia-container-cli"
     ''}
     ${lib.optionalString (removeCompat && (projectName != "singularity")) ''
       unlink "$out/bin/singularity"
@@ -290,6 +288,13 @@ in
     ''}
   '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/${projectName}";
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Application containers for linux" + extraDescription;
     longDescription = ''