diff --git a/nix/pkgs/rocksdb/default.nix b/nix/pkgs/rocksdb/default.nix
index ad18fdcc..4468c4d6 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/rocksdb/default.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/rocksdb/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,39 @@
 # Dependencies (keep sorted)
-{ rocksdb
+{ lib
+, rocksdb
 , rust-jemalloc-sys
 
 # Options (keep sorted)
 , enableJemalloc ? false
 }:
 
-rocksdb.override {
-  jemalloc = rust-jemalloc-sys;
+let
+  rocksdb' = rocksdb.override {
+    jemalloc = rust-jemalloc-sys;
 
-  enableLiburing = false;
-  inherit enableJemalloc;
-}
+    enableLiburing = false;
+    inherit enableJemalloc;
+  };
+
+  cVersion = rocksdb'.version;
+
+  rustVersion = builtins.elemAt
+    (lib.splitString
+      "+"
+      (lib.findSingle
+        (x: x.name == "rust-librocksdb-sys")
+        (builtins.throw "Multiple rust-librocksdb-sys versions in Cargo.lock")
+        (builtins.throw "No rust-librocksdb-sys versions in Cargo.lock")
+        (builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile ../../../Cargo.lock)).package
+      ).version
+    )
+    1;
+in
+
+if cVersion == rustVersion
+  then rocksdb'
+  else builtins.throw
+    (builtins.concatStringsSep " " [
+      "C version (${cVersion}) and Rust version (${rustVersion}) of RocksDB do"
+      "not match"
+    ])