diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/questdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/questdb/default.nix
index 73822139302a..45a94eef2b3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/questdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/questdb/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "high-performance, open-source SQL database for applications in financial services, IoT, machine learning, DevOps and observability";
     homepage = "https://questdb.io/";
+    sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryBytecode ];
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jacfal ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;