diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-node-client/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-node-client/package.nix
index 5fe372124b4c..4c000ed895ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-node-client/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-node-client/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   buildNpmPackage,
   fetchNpmDeps,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 buildNpmPackage rec {
@@ -32,12 +34,23 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
     ln -s $out/lib/node_modules/neovim/node_modules/.bin/neovim-node-host $out/bin/neovim-node-host
   '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/neovim-node-host";
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
+
   meta = {
-    mainProgram = "neovim-node-host";
     description = "Nvim msgpack API client and remote plugin provider";
     homepage = "https://github.com/neovim/node-client";
     changelog = "https://github.com/neovim/node-client/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fidgetingbits ];
+    mainProgram = "neovim-node-host";
   };
 }