diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-sdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-sdr/default.nix
index 722a0565e0de..c0e658678061 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-sdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-sdr/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace '/etc/udev/rules.d' "$out/etc/udev/rules.d"
+      --replace '/etc/udev/rules.d' "$out/etc/udev/rules.d" \
+      --replace "VERSION_INFO_PATCH_VERSION git" "VERSION_INFO_PATCH_VERSION ${lib.versions.patch version}"
 
     substituteInPlace rtl-sdr.rules \
       --replace 'MODE:="0666"' 'ENV{ID_SOFTWARE_RADIO}="1", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"'