diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ez/eza/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ez/eza/package.nix
index 19293a765010..2bbc21ac8708 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ez/eza/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ez/eza/package.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   zlib,
   installShellFiles,
+  versionCheckHook,
   # once eza upstream gets support for setting up a compatibility symlink for exa, we should change
   # the handling here from postInstall to passing the required argument to the builder.
   exaAlias ? true,
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "eza";
   version = "0.23.4";
 
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "eza-community";
     repo = "eza";
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     ln -s eza $out/bin/exa
   '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Modern, maintained replacement for ls";
     longDescription = ''