diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/default.nix
index be88dc5ae0e..c03af2e9683 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
 
   # Thsese are the original flags from the helm makefile
   buildFlagsArray = ''
-    -ldflags=
+    -ldflags=-X k8s.io/helm/pkg/version.Version=v${version}
     -w
     -s
   '';