diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/nokinds.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/nokinds.nix
index 98e18706a16..2bd3fb55b70 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/nokinds.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/nokinds.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postUnpack = ''
     pushd ghc-${builtins.substring 0 7 rev}
+    echo ${version} >VERSION
+    echo ${rev} >GIT_COMMIT_ID
     patchShebangs .
     ./boot
     popd