diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k0sctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k0sctl/default.nix
index 04d03e2e8ea6..ff8957db2b2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k0sctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k0sctl/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , installShellFiles
+, testers
+, k0sctl
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -34,6 +36,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = k0sctl;
+    command = "k0sctl version";
+    # See https://github.com/carlmjohnson/versioninfo/discussions/12
+    version = "version: (devel)\ncommit: v${version}\n";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A bootstrapping and management tool for k0s clusters.";
     homepage = "https://k0sproject.io/";