diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/nvtop/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/nvtop/default.nix
index 053437dc3e95..41f84c2a7d6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/nvtop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/nvtop/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 , cudatoolkit
 , libdrm
 , ncurses
+, nvtop
+, testers
 , addOpenGLRunpath
 , amd ? true
 , nvidia ? true
@@ -54,6 +56,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  passthru = {
+    tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+      inherit version;
+      package = nvtop;
+      command = "nvtop --version";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A (h)top like task monitor for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs";
     longDescription = ''