diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-utils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-utils/package.nix
index e4c1acab14ea..2a8d135fea53 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-utils/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-utils/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   fetchFromGitLab,
   runCommand,
   writeText,
+  versionCheckHook,
   # docs deps
   libxslt,
   docbook_xml_dtd_412,
@@ -333,6 +334,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     map (resholve.phraseSolution "xdg-utils-resholved") solutions
   );
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/xdg-terminal";
+
   passthru.tests.xdg-mime =
     runCommand "xdg-mime-test"
       {