diff --git a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/5/clr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/5/clr/default.nix
index 2add6e58c9b0..30f7f90a4fc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/5/clr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/5/clr/default.nix
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # Replace rocm-opencl-icd functionality
     mkdir -p $icd/etc/OpenCL/vendors
     echo "$out/lib/libamdocl64.so" > $icd/etc/OpenCL/vendors/amdocl64.icd
+
+    # add version info to output (downstream rocmPackages look for this)
+    echo "HIP_VERSION_MAJOR=${builtins.elemAt (lib.splitVersion finalAttrs.version) 0}" > $out/bin/.hipVersion
+    echo "HIP_VERSION_MINOR=${builtins.elemAt (lib.splitVersion finalAttrs.version) 1}" >> $out/bin/.hipVersion
+    echo "HIP_VERSION_PATCH=${builtins.elemAt (lib.splitVersion finalAttrs.version) 2}" >> $out/bin/.hipVersion
   '';
 
   passthru = {