diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/bashup-events/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/bashup-events/generic.nix
index 78ef4c2f3369..fd4e2cfe9f5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/bashup-events/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/bashup-events/generic.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {
   # general
   lib
-, callPackage
-, runCommand
 , resholvePackage
 , bash
 , shellcheck
@@ -46,7 +44,9 @@ resholvePackage rec {
   inherit src;
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
     install -Dt $out/bin bashup.events
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   inherit doCheck;
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ resholvePackage rec {
 
   # check based on https://github.com/bashup/events/blob/master/.dkrc
   checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
     SHELLCHECK_OPTS='-e SC2016,SC2145' ${shellcheck}/bin/shellcheck ./bashup.events
     ${bash}/bin/bash -n ./bashup.events
     ${bash}/bin/bash ./bashup.events
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
   solutions = {
@@ -70,7 +72,11 @@ resholvePackage rec {
 
   inherit doInstallCheck;
   installCheckInputs = [ bash ];
-  installCheckPhase = installCheck "${bash}/bin/bash";
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+    ${installCheck "${bash}/bin/bash"}
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     inherit branch;