diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/vendir/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/vendir/default.nix
index d7be7022a9d8..8d3a0668cf33 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/vendir/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/vendir/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   subPackages = [ "cmd/vendir" ];
 
+  ldflags = [
+    "-X carvel.dev/vendir/pkg/vendir/version.Version=${version}"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "CLI tool to vendor portions of git repos, github releases, helm charts, docker image contents, etc. declaratively";
     mainProgram = "vendir";