diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/telegraf/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/telegraf/default.nix
index f800bb842904..508f5ee3b070 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/telegraf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/telegraf/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, nixosTests }:
+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, nixosTests
+, testers
+, telegraf
+}:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "telegraf";
@@ -19,15 +25,24 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   proxyVendor = true;
 
   ldflags = [
-    "-w" "-s" "-X main.version=${version}"
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X=github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal.Commit=${src.rev}"
+    "-X=github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal.Version=${version}"
   ];
 
-  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) telegraf; };
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) telegraf;
+    version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = telegraf;
+    };
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "The plugin-driven server agent for collecting & reporting metrics";
-    license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/telegraf/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 roblabla timstott ];
   };
 }