diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-analyzer/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-analyzer/generic.nix
index ae6ad80cdd9a..d1dab3423bc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-analyzer/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-analyzer/generic.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
     [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreServices ];
 
+  RUST_ANALYZER_REV = rev;
+
   inherit doCheck;
   # Skip tests running `rustup` for `cargo fmt`.
   preCheck = ''
@@ -33,6 +35,15 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     export RUST_SRC_PATH=${rustPlatform.rustcSrc}
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+    versionOutput="$($out/bin/rust-analyzer --version)"
+    echo "'rust-analyzer --version' returns: $versionOutput"
+    [[ "$versionOutput" == "rust-analyzer ${rev}" ]]
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An experimental modular compiler frontend for the Rust language";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer";