diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix
index 9931b6003fb..92177183b0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontConfigure = true;
   dontBuild = true;
   dontPatchELF = true;
+  doInstallCheck = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg wrapGAppsHook ];
 
@@ -147,6 +148,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ln -sf ${xdg_utils}/bin/xdg-mime $out/opt/brave.com/brave/xdg-mime
   '';
 
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    # Bypass upstream wrapper which suppresses errors
+    $out/opt/brave.com/brave/brave --version
+  '';
+
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {