diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/shim/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/shim/default.nix
index ea13cc1bd66f..1615a6d8c794 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/shim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/shim/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     install -m 644 ${target} $out/share/shim/
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    # Expose the target file name so that consumers
+    # (e.g. infrastructure for signing this shim) don't need to
+    # duplicate the logic from here
+    inherit target;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "UEFI shim loader";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rhboot/shim";