diff --git a/pkgs/shells/elvish/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/elvish/default.nix
index e94354d68045..ba03ffb4f455 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/elvish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/elvish/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, runCommand }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "elvish";
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   subPackages = [ "cmd/elvish" ];
 
-  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X github.com/elves/elvish/pkg/buildinfo.Version==${version}" "-X github.com/elves/elvish/pkg/buildinfo.Reproducible=true" ];
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X src.elv.sh/pkg/buildinfo.Version==${version}" "-X src.elv.sh/pkg/buildinfo.Reproducible=true" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "elves";
@@ -19,6 +19,25 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   doCheck = false;
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+
+    $out${passthru.shellPath} -c "
+      fn expect {|key expected|
+        var actual = \$buildinfo[\$key]
+        if (not-eq \$actual \$expected) {
+          fail '\$buildinfo['\$key']: expected '(to-string \$expected)', got '(to-string \$actual)
+        }
+      }
+
+      expect version ${version}
+      expect reproducible \$true
+    "
+
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A friendly and expressive command shell";
     longDescription = ''
@@ -31,7 +50,5 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra AndersonTorres ];
   };
 
-  passthru = {
-    shellPath = "/bin/elvish";
-  };
+  passthru.shellPath = "/bin/elvish";
 }