diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/motioneye/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mo/motioneye/package.nix
index 721cc8d75f9d..a947a722d8c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mo/motioneye/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/motioneye/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -34,10 +35,17 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "motioneye"
   ];
 
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/meyectl";
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "-v";
+
   meta = {
     description = "Web frontend for the motion daemon";
     homepage = "https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye";