diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/database/mermerd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/database/mermerd/default.nix
index 9b71835e700c..2240c23433af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/database/mermerd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/database/mermerd/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { lib
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, testers
+, mermerd
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   # the tests expect a database to be running
   doCheck = false;
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = mermerd;
+      command = "mermerd version";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Create Mermaid-Js ERD diagrams from existing tables";
     homepage = "https://github.com/KarnerTh/mermerd";