diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix
index dd6ab9868aa8..9a24f5909909 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru = {
     tests = {
       version = testers.testVersion {
-        package = finalAttrs;
+        package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
       };
       # A lightweight *unit* test that exercises fakeroot and fakechroot together:
       nixos-etc = nixosTests.etc.test-etc-fakeroot;