diff --git a/deploy/BUILD.bazel b/deploy/BUILD.bazel
index c6d3bbc08..f84836c5f 100644
--- a/deploy/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/deploy/BUILD.bazel
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ java_export(
     ],
 )
 
+sh_test(
+    name = "jazzer_version_test",
+    srcs = ["jazzer_version_test.sh"],
+    args = ["$(rlocationpath :jazzer)"],
+    data = [":jazzer"],
+    deps = ["@bazel_tools//tools/bash/runfiles"],
+)
+
 [
     sh_test(
         name = artifact + "_artifact_test",
diff --git a/deploy/jazzer_version_test.sh b/deploy/jazzer_version_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..24826618d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/jazzer_version_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2023 Code Intelligence GmbH
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# --- begin runfiles.bash initialization v3 ---
+# Copy-pasted from the Bazel Bash runfiles library v3.
+set -uo pipefail; set +e; f=bazel_tools/tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash
+source "${RUNFILES_DIR:-/dev/null}/$f" 2>/dev/null || \
+  source "$(grep -sm1 "^$f " "${RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE:-/dev/null}" | cut -f2- -d' ')" 2>/dev/null || \
+  source "$0.runfiles/$f" 2>/dev/null || \
+  source "$(grep -sm1 "^$f " "$0.runfiles_manifest" | cut -f2- -d' ')" 2>/dev/null || \
+  source "$(grep -sm1 "^$f " "$0.exe.runfiles_manifest" | cut -f2- -d' ')" 2>/dev/null || \
+  { echo>&2 "ERROR: cannot find $f"; exit 1; }; f=; set -e
+# --- end runfiles.bash initialization v3 ---
+
+jazzer=$(rlocation "$1")
+[ -f "$jazzer" ] || exit 1
+jazzer_version_output=$("$jazzer" --version 2>&1)
+echo "$jazzer_version_output"
+echo "$jazzer_version_output" | tr -d '\n' | grep -q '^Jazzer v[0-9.]*$' || exit 1
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/code_intelligence/jazzer/BUILD.bazel b/src/main/java/com/code_intelligence/jazzer/BUILD.bazel
index f000fa309..a5b73bf45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/code_intelligence/jazzer/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/main/java/com/code_intelligence/jazzer/BUILD.bazel
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ java_binary(
         "//src/main/java/com/code_intelligence/jazzer/api:api_deploy_env",
         "//src/main/java/com/code_intelligence/jazzer/runtime:jazzer_bootstrap_env",
     ],
-    main_class = "com.code_intelligence.jazzer.Jazzer",
+    deploy_manifest_lines = [
+        "Main-Class: com.code_intelligence.jazzer.Jazzer",
+    ],
     runtime_deps = [":jazzer_lib"],
 )