diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix
index 4a0f148ff442..1f4d65648074 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   rustPlatform,
   libdeltachat,
   pkg-config,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
 
   doCheck = false;
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+
   meta = libdeltachat.meta // {
     description = "Delta Chat RPC server exposing JSON-RPC core API over standard I/O";
     mainProgram = "deltachat-rpc-server";