diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgpool/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgpool/package.nix
index f9ab88668be0..cff4e00e938d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgpool/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pg/pgpool/package.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   libxcrypt,
   openssl,
   pam,
+  versionCheckHook,
   withPam ? true,
 }:
 
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Middleware that works between PostgreSQL servers and PostgreSQL clients";
     homepage = "https://pgpool.net/";