diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsclite/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsclite/package.nix
index 271bf0fdd121..02373531eca7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsclite/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pc/pcsclite/package.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   pname ? "pcsclite",
   polkitSupport ? false,
   nixosTests,
+  runCommand,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   postInstall = ''
     # pcsc-spy is a debugging utility and it drags python into the closure
     moveToOutput bin/pcsc-spy "$dev"
+    patchShebangs --host "$dev/bin/pcsc-spy"
   '';
 
   __structuredAttrs = true;
@@ -117,6 +119,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
         command = "pcscd --version";
       };
+      pcsc-spy = runCommand "pcsc-spy-test" { } ''
+        status=0
+        ${finalAttrs.finalPackage.dev}/bin/pcsc-spy --help > help.txt 2>&1 || status=$?
+        test "$status" -eq 1
+        grep -F "Usage: pcsc-spy" help.txt
+        touch "$out"
+      '';
     };
     updateScript = nix-update-script { };
   };