diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/package.nix
index f7886a0bf144..c99b96b76424 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/package.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   xz,
   zlib,
   zstd,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -97,6 +98,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (lib.withFeatureAs sslSupport "ssl" "openssl")
   ];
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/${meta.mainProgram}";
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Successor of GNU Wget, a file and recursive website downloader";
     longDescription = ''