diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-signal/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-signal/default.nix
index e9cd4501d7b6..60ce7a9cc13e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-signal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-signal/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   fetchpatch,
   olm,
   libsignal-ffi,
+  versionCheckHook,
   # This option enables the use of an experimental pure-Go implementation of
   # the Olm protocol instead of libolm for end-to-end encryption. Using goolm
   # is not recommended by the mautrix developers, but they are interested in
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mautrix/signal";
     description = "Matrix-Signal puppeting bridge";