diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix
index 426a7f18dff3..87118beec99f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 , qttools
 , exiv2
 , nlopt
+, testers
+, xvfb-run
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -93,6 +95,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     qtWrapperArgs+=("''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}")
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    command = ''
+      # Create a temporary home directory because stellarium aborts with an
+      # error if it can't write some configuration files.
+      tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+
+      # stellarium can't be run in headless mode, therefore we need xvfb-run.
+      HOME="$tmpdir" ${xvfb-run}/bin/xvfb-run stellarium --version
+    '';
+  };
+
   meta =  {
     description = "Free open-source planetarium";
     mainProgram = "stellarium";