diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/phan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phan/default.nix
index 5286d73fc066..94d11fa486e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/phan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phan/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   php,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 (php.withExtensions ({ enabled, all }: enabled ++ (with all; [ ast ]))).buildComposerProject2
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@
 
     vendorHash = "sha256-k/ExFSr0veKYURu66HmYaNHPubAAKH5mgIPXzcpMbPc=";
 
+    doInstallCheck = true;
+    nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+    versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+
     meta = {
       description = "Static analyzer for PHP";
       homepage = "https://github.com/phan/phan";