diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jj/jjui/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jj/jjui/package.nix
index bf047485534d..4c963b3e3670 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jj/jjui/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jj/jjui/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nix-update-script,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "jjui";
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   vendorHash = "sha256-2nUU5rrVWBk+9ljC+OiAVLcRnWghPPfpvq5yoNSRdVk=";
 
+  ldflags = [ "-X main.Version=${finalAttrs.version}" ];
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "-version";
+
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {