diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghostel/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghostel/package.nix
index 7db1cf189afe..c0f90d6b68fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghostel/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghostel/package.nix
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ melpaBuild {
   inherit pname version src;
 
   files = ''
-    (:defaults "etc" "ghostel-module${libExt}")
+    (:defaults "etc" "ghostel-module${libExt}" "ghostel-module.version")
   '';
 
   preBuild = ''
     install ${module}/lib/libghostel-module${libExt} ghostel-module${libExt}
+    install --mode=444 ${module}/ghostel-module.version ghostel-module.version
   '';
 
   passthru = {