diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
index 25684ef3a7ae..0d42c9e2c71a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ let
   atLeast24 = lib.versionAtLeast version "2.4pre";
   atLeast25 = lib.versionAtLeast version "2.5pre";
   atLeast27 = lib.versionAtLeast version "2.7pre";
+  atLeast210 = lib.versionAtLeast version "2.10pre";
 in
 { stdenv
 , autoconf-archive
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
   installFlags = [ "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc" ];
 
   doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckTarget = if atLeast210 then "installcheck" else null;
 
   # socket path becomes too long otherwise
   preInstallCheck = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''