diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 284ee5778101..38f3e226d0ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -374,15 +374,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       '';
 
     };
-    gpuChecks.cudaAvailable = { blenderWithCuda, runCommand }: runCommand
-      "blender-cuda-available"
-      {
-        nativeBuildInputs = [ blenderWithCuda ];
-        requiredSystemFeatures = [ "cuda" ];
-      }
-      ''
-        blender --background -noaudio --python-exit-code 1 --python ${./test-cuda.py} && touch $out
-      '' { };
+    gpuChecks = callPackage ./gpu-checks.nix { };
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/gpu-checks.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/gpu-checks.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..144cdeb968c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/gpu-checks.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  bash,
+  blender,
+  callPackage,
+  lib,
+  runCommand,
+  writeScriptBin,
+}:
+
+let
+  blenderWithCuda = blender.override {cudaSupport = true;};
+  name = "${blenderWithCuda.name}-check-cuda";
+  unwrapped = writeScriptBin "${name}-unwrapped" ''
+    #!${lib.getExe bash}
+    ${lib.getExe blenderWithCuda} --background -noaudio --python-exit-code 1 --python ${./test-cuda.py}
+  '';
+in
+{
+  cudaAvailable =
+    runCommand name
+      {
+        nativeBuildInputs = [unwrapped];
+        requiredSystemFeatures = ["cuda"];
+        passthru = {
+          inherit unwrapped;
+        };
+      }
+      "${name}-unwrapped && touch $out";
+}