diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/swapspace/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/swapspace/default.nix
index fa379e6a2d28..c7c453f05be5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/swapspace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/swapspace/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, installShellFiles, util-linux }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, installShellFiles, util-linux, binlore, swapspace }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "swapspace";
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     install --mode=444 -D 'swapspace.service' "$out/etc/systemd/system/swapspace.service"
   '';
 
+  # Nothing in swapspace --help or swapspace’s man page mentions
+  # anything about swapspace executing its arguments.
+  passthru.binlore.out = binlore.synthesize swapspace ''
+    execer cannot bin/swapspace
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Dynamic swap manager for Linux";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Tookmund/Swapspace";