diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/nextflow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/nextflow/default.nix
index 187d1253e2c6..3b2a41919a06 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/nextflow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/nextflow/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   gawk,
   coreutils,
   bash,
+  testers,
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "nextflow";
@@ -82,6 +83,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --set JAVA_HOME ${openjdk.home}
   '';
 
+  # versionCheckHook doesn't work as of 2024-09-23.
+  # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/339197#issuecomment-2363495060
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    command = "env HOME=$TMPDIR nextflow -version";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "DSL for data-driven computational pipelines";
     longDescription = ''