diff --git a/nix/kexec-installer/module.nix b/nix/kexec-installer/module.nix
index 0a852bc..98f11bb 100644
--- a/nix/kexec-installer/module.nix
+++ b/nix/kexec-installer/module.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ in {
       cp "${config.system.build.kexecRun}" kexec/run
       cp "${pkgs.pkgsStatic.kexec-tools}/bin/kexec" kexec/kexec
       cp "${iprouteStatic}/bin/ip" kexec/ip
+      ${lib.optionalString (pkgs.hostPlatform == pkgs.buildPlatform) ''
+        kexec/ip -V
+        kexec/kexec --version
+      ''}
       tar -czvf $out/${config.system.kexec-installer.name}-${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.tar.gz kexec
     '';
 
diff --git a/nix/kexec-installer/test.nix b/nix/kexec-installer/test.nix
index b690cbf..431480c 100644
--- a/nix/kexec-installer/test.nix
+++ b/nix/kexec-installer/test.nix
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ makeTest' {
     node1.succeed('touch /run/foo')
     node1.fail('parted --version >&2')
     node1.succeed('tar -xf ${kexecTarball}/nixos-kexec-installer-noninteractive-${pkgs.system}.tar.gz -C /root')
-    node1.execute('/root/kexec/run >&2')
+    node1.succeed('/root/kexec/ip -V >&2')
+    node1.succeed('/root/kexec/kexec --version >&2')
+    node1.succeed('/root/kexec/run >&2')
 
     # wait for kexec to finish
     while ssh(["true"], check=False).returncode == 0: