diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/le/ledit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/le/ledit/package.nix
index c2b2d7728441..3527dfa1c25e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/le/ledit/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/le/ledit/package.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   strictDeps = true;
 
+  dontStrip = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = with ocamlPackages; [
     ocaml
     findlib
@@ -33,6 +35,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     camlp-streams
   ];
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+    echo hello | $out/bin/ledit -h /dev/null cat > ledit-check.out
+    grep -q hello ledit-check.out
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://pauillac.inria.fr/~ddr/ledit/";
     description = "Line editor, allowing to use shell commands with control characters like in emacs";