diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pi/pihole-ftl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pi/pihole-ftl/package.nix
index c3ca5115e2db..674f7132c1f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pi/pihole-ftl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pi/pihole-ftl/package.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 {
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  nixosTests,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   gmp,
+  lib,
   libidn2,
   libunistring,
   mbedtls,
   ncurses,
   nettle,
+  nix-update-script,
+  nixosTests,
   readline,
+  stdenv,
+  versionCheckHook,
   xxd,
 }:
 
@@ -46,14 +48,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/version.c.in \
-      --replace-quiet "@GIT_VERSION@" "v${finalAttrs.version}" \
-      --replace-quiet "@GIT_DATE@" "1970-01-01" \
-      --replace-quiet "@GIT_BRANCH@" "master" \
-      --replace-quiet "@GIT_TAG@" "v${finalAttrs.version}" \
-      --replace-quiet "@GIT_HASH@" "builtfromreleasetarball"
+      --replace-fail "@GIT_VERSION@" "v${finalAttrs.version}" \
+      --replace-fail "@GIT_DATE@" "1970-01-01" \
+      --replace-fail "@GIT_BRANCH@" "master" \
+      --replace-fail "@GIT_TAG@" "v${finalAttrs.version}" \
+      --replace-fail "@GIT_HASH@" "builtfromreleasetarball"
 
-    # Remove hard-coded absolute path to the pihole script, rely on it being provided by $PATH
-    # Use execvp instead of execv so PATH is followed
+    # Remove hard-coded absolute path to the pihole script, rely on it
+    # being provided by $PATH.  Use execvp instead of execv so PATH is
+    # followed.
     substituteInPlace src/api/action.c \
       --replace-fail "/usr/local/bin/pihole" "pihole" \
       --replace-fail "execv" "execvp"
@@ -62,17 +65,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
-    install -Dm 555 -t $out/bin pihole-FTL
+    install -D pihole-FTL $out/bin/${finalAttrs.meta.mainProgram}
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   passthru = {
     settingsTemplate = ./pihole.toml;
-
     tests = nixosTests.pihole-ftl;
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
   };
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Pi-hole FTL engine";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL";