diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 658bbb41b..f8bbc69ac 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ def kitty_exe() -> str:
     return os.path.join(rpath, 'kitty')
 
 
+def kitty_tool_exe() -> str:
+    return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(kitty_exe()), 'kitty-tool')
+
+
 def _get_config_dir() -> str:
     if 'KITTY_CONFIG_DIRECTORY' in os.environ:
         return os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.environ['KITTY_CONFIG_DIRECTORY']))
diff --git a/kitty_tests/check_build.py b/kitty_tests/check_build.py
index ce7766c3d..00b06360f 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/check_build.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/check_build.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import os
 import stat
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import unittest
 from functools import partial
@@ -14,11 +15,15 @@ from . import BaseTest
 class TestBuild(BaseTest):
 
     def test_exe(self) -> None:
-        from kitty.constants import kitty_exe
+        from kitty.constants import kitty_exe, kitty_tool_exe, str_version
         exe = kitty_exe()
         self.assertTrue(os.access(exe, os.X_OK))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(exe))
         self.assertIn('kitty', os.path.basename(exe))
+        exe = kitty_tool_exe()
+        self.assertTrue(os.access(exe, os.X_OK))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(exe))
+        self.assertIn(str_version, subprocess.check_output([exe, '--version']).decode())
 
     def test_loading_extensions(self) -> None:
         import kitty.fast_data_types as fdt