diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-bazel-package/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-bazel-package/default.nix
index 4d22a329e41..10a331bcc9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-bazel-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-bazel-package/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let
 in
 
 args@{
-  name
+  name ? "${args.pname}-${args.version}"
 , bazel ? bazelPkg
 , bazelFlags ? []
 , bazelBuildFlags ? []
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel-remote/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel-remote/default.nix
index 4cde308b835..0c9f4d7c50a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel-remote/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel-remote/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }:
 
 buildBazelPackage rec {
-  name = "bazel-remote-${version}";
+  pname = "bazel-remote";
   version = "1.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {