diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ssm-agent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ssm-agent/default.nix
index 08996bf84d40..888693d82ab6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ssm-agent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/ssm-agent/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 , util-linux
 , bashInteractive
 , overrideEtc ? true
+, testers
+, ssm-agent
 }:
 
 let
@@ -129,6 +131,11 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     wrapProgram $out/bin/amazon-ssm-agent --prefix PATH : ${bashInteractive}/bin
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = ssm-agent;
+    command = "amazon-ssm-agent --version";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Agent to enable remote management of your Amazon EC2 instance configuration";
     homepage = "https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent";