diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
index 37f886e25e6d..9a09dfcc0053 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
     # =============== simple script files ====================
 
     lightning = scriptDerivation {
-      name = "Lightning";
+      pname = "Lightning";
+      version = "0-unstable-2017-08-25";
       src = fetchurl {
         url = "https://github.com/pixlsus/registry.gimp.org_static/raw/master/registry.gimp.org/files/Lightning.scm";
         sha256 = "c14a8f4f709695ede3f77348728a25b3f3ded420da60f3f8de3944b7eae98a49";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/wrapper.nix
index 99e7f9be3d7e..5df58a40ca8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/wrapper.nix
@@ -51,5 +51,12 @@ symlinkJoin {
     ln -s ${gimp.man} $man
   '';
 
-  inherit (gimp) meta;
+  meta = gimp.meta // {
+    description = "${gimp.meta.description} with plugins";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Plugins:
+
+      ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (p: "- ${p.pname}") selectedPlugins}
+    '';
+  };
 }