diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/s5/s5cmd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/s5/s5cmd/package.nix
index 11744dc11fe3..fbd0fa11d0f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/s5/s5cmd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/s5/s5cmd/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   # Fix tests creating network sockets on macOS
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "version" ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/peak/s5cmd";
     description = "Parallel S3 and local filesystem execution tool";