diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wh/whoami/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wh/whoami/package.nix
index 6715a7fd1a63..28da64a7298f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wh/whoami/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wh/whoami/package.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   env.CGO_ENABLED = 0;
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+
+    $out/bin/whoami --help 2> /dev/null
+
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
+
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {