diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/kr/krew/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/kr/krew/package.nix
index e3eb7af8e101..314c6366fa50 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/kr/krew/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/kr/krew/package.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   makeWrapper,
   gitMinimal,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
@@ -13,8 +15,13 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kubernetes-sigs";
     repo = "krew";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-KG4/vtEfwWVddfFoNbC4xakxOynDY6jyxek4JAXW5gY=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-rhl4qVHwl876OSDrcLSS07x3H/x/zmFLPHdRw+fcYsw=";
+    leaveDotGit = true;
+    postFetch = ''
+      git -C "$out" rev-parse --short HEAD > "$out/.git_head"
+      rm -rf "$out/.git"
+    '';
   };
 
   vendorHash = "sha256-z0wiYknXcCx4vqROngn58CRe9TBgya4y3v736VBMhQ8=";
@@ -23,11 +30,29 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-X"
+    "sigs.k8s.io/krew/internal/version.gitTag=v${finalAttrs.version}"
+  ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    ldflags+=" -X=sigs.k8s.io/krew/internal/version.gitCommit=$(<.git_head)"
+  '';
+
   postFixup = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/krew \
       --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ gitMinimal ]}
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckKeepEnvironment = [ "HOME" ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "version";
+
   meta = {
     description = "Package manager for kubectl plugins";
     mainProgram = "krew";