diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/di/direwolf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/di/direwolf/package.nix
index 348a1d65cc41..b25d6eed655f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/di/direwolf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/di/direwolf/package.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   espeak,
   udev,
   udevCheckHook,
+  versionCheckHook,
   nix-update-script,
   extraScripts ? false,
 }:
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       perl
       espeak
     ];
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
 
   preConfigure = lib.optionals (!extraScripts) ''
     echo "" > scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   doInstallCheck = true;
 
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "-u" ];
+
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {