diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-signal/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-signal/default.nix
index 89cb7ab907f3..d6b7c7904ca7 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
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mautrix/signal";
     description = "Matrix-Signal puppeting bridge";