diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/default.nix
index 6e1b84eb3e99..2088439c61d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         (uiop/lisp-build:compile-file* \"'"$out"'/lib/common-lisp/asdf/build/asdf.lisp\")
         (asdf:load-system :uiop :force :all)
         (asdf:load-system :asdf :force :all)
+        (ignore-errors (asdf:load-system :uiop/version :force :all))
       )"' \
       "$out/bin/common-lisp.sh"
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix
index 377f694e7a8e..2725c354d35b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ in
   plump = addDeps (with qlnp; [array-utils trivial-indent]);
   sqlite = addNativeLibs [pkgs.sqlite];
   uiop = x: {
+    testSystems = (x.testSystems or ["uiop"]) ++ [
+      "uiop/version"
+    ];
     overrides = y: (x.overrides y) // {
       postInstall = ((x.overrides y).postInstall or "") + ''
         cp -r "${pkgs.asdf}/lib/common-lisp/asdf/uiop/contrib" "$out/lib/common-lisp/uiop"