diff --git a/pkgs/servers/minio/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/minio/default.nix
index b9505f15da4c..5d572c18e253 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/minio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/minio/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ let
       splitTS = builtins.elemAt (builtins.split "(.*)(T.*)" version) 1;
     in
     builtins.concatStringsSep "" [ (builtins.elemAt splitTS 0) (builtins.replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ ":" ] (builtins.elemAt splitTS 1)) ];
+
+  # CopyrightYear will be printed to the CLI UI.
+  # Example:
+  #   versionToYear "2021-04-22T15-44-28Z"
+  #   => "2021"
+  versionToYear = version: builtins.elemAt (lib.splitString "-" version) 0;
 in
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "minio";
@@ -35,7 +41,12 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   tags = [ "kqueue" ];
 
   ldflags = let t = "github.com/minio/minio/cmd"; in [
-    "-s" "-w" "-X ${t}.Version=${versionToTimestamp version}" "-X ${t}.ReleaseTag=RELEASE.${version}" "-X ${t}.CommitID=${src.rev}"
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X ${t}.Version=${versionToTimestamp version}"
+    "-X ${t}.CopyrightYear=${versionToYear version}"
+    "-X ${t}.ReleaseTag=RELEASE.${version}"
+    "-X ${t}.CommitID=${src.rev}"
   ];
 
   passthru.tests.minio = nixosTests.minio;