diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mkspiffs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mkspiffs/default.nix
index 0d19a8f1db23..00b0da851e0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mkspiffs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mkspiffs/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pkgsBuildHost,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 # Changing the variables CPPFLAGS and BUILD_CONFIG_NAME can be done by
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     install -Dm755 -t $out/bin mkspiffs
   '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Tool to build and unpack SPIFFS images";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;