diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9c02d0f..9385e69 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 
 var verifyFile = require('./lib/verify-file');
+var readVersion = require('./lib/read-version');
 
 var platform = os.platform() + '-' + os.arch();
-
-var packageName = '@ffmpeg-installer/' + platform;
-var version = require('./package.json').optionalDependencies[packageName];
-
-if (!version) {
-    console.error('Unsupported platform/architecture:', platform);
-    process.exit(1);
-}
+var version = readVersion(platform);
 
 var binary = os.platform() === 'win32' ? 'ffmpeg.exe' : 'ffmpeg';
 
diff --git a/lib/read-version.js b/lib/read-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2401687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/read-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict';
+
+function readVersion(platform) {
+    var packageName = '@ffmpeg-installer/' + platform;
+    var version = require('../package.json').optionalDependencies[packageName];
+
+    if (!version) {
+        console.error('ERROR: Unsupported platform/architecture:', platform);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    return version;
+}
+
+module.exports = readVersion;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 68c1579..e852291 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   "version": "1.0.3",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
+    "preinstall": "scripts/pre-install.js",
+    "postinstall": "scripts/post-install.js",
     "lint": "jshint *.js",
     "preversion": "npm run lint"
   },
diff --git a/scripts/post-install.js b/scripts/post-install.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5622c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/post-install.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+var verifyFile = require('../lib/verify-file');
+var ffmpeg = require('../');
+
+var successfulInstall = verifyFile(ffmpeg.path);
+if (!successfulInstall) {
+    console.error('ERROR: Installed path does not exist:', ffmpeg.path);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/scripts/pre-install.js b/scripts/pre-install.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f6bea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/pre-install.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+var os = require('os');
+var readVersion = require('../lib/read-version');
+
+var platform = os.platform() + '-' + os.arch();
+readVersion(platform);
+