diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubecfg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubecfg/default.nix
index 61e291340568..7c986bfcbd5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubecfg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubecfg/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ buildGoPackage {
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/bitnami/kubecfg";
 
+  ldflags = [ "-X main.version=v${version}" ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "A tool for managing Kubernetes resources as code";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bitnami/kubecfg";