diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/virtiofsd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/virtiofsd/package.nix
index 37421a78941e..a9bf7b47ca1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/virtiofsd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/virtiofsd/package.nix
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@
   fetchFromGitLab,
   libcap_ng,
   libseccomp,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "virtiofsd";
   version = "1.13.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "virtio-fs";
     repo = "virtiofsd";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-H8FjnrwB6IfZ7pVFesEWZkWpWjVYGrewlPRZc97Nlh8=";
   };
 
@@ -38,8 +39,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     install -Dm644 50-virtiofsd.json "$out/share/qemu/vhost-user/50-virtiofsd.json"
   '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd";
+    changelog = "https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/releases/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "vhost-user virtio-fs device backend written in Rust";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
       qyliss
@@ -52,4 +59,4 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       bsd3
     ];
   };
-}
+})