diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ek/eksctl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ek/eksctl/package.nix
index 6aafffebedec..f534c279c038 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ek/eksctl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ek/eksctl/package.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   installShellFiles,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
-    "-w"
     "-X github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/version.gitCommit=${finalAttrs.src.rev}"
     "-X github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/version.buildDate=19700101-00:00:00"
   ];
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
       --zsh  <($out/bin/eksctl completion zsh)
   '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "CLI for Amazon EKS";
     homepage = "https://github.com/eksctl-io/eksctl";