diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stc-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stc-cli/package.nix
index 19e76087c588..b4472c2ebc27 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stc-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/stc-cli/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
-  lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   vendorHash = "sha256-qLpWXikTr+vB2bIw2EqnoJ0uOxUc/qc6SdGEJQXwmTQ=";
 
+  ldflags = [ "-X main.GitTag=${version}" ];
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "-version";
+
   meta = {
     description = "Syncthing CLI Tool";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tenox7/stc";