diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/kubernetes-controller-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/kubernetes-controller-tools/default.nix
index 6c1f1b7cfbee..aa3980510ddb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/kubernetes-controller-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/kubernetes-controller-tools/default.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,16 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-244o+QZ0BGVe8t8AWf1wU6VHgYyzkATpr5ZTbZezk10=";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./version.patch ];
+
   vendorSha256 = "sha256-sVdSKu6TDGIDV2o+kuCvGCItbFe9MwlM2Qjiz8n2rZU=";
 
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/version.version=v${version}"
+  ];
+
   doCheck = false;
 
   subPackages = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/kubernetes-controller-tools/version.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/kubernetes-controller-tools/version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b86c3d69c3a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/kubernetes-controller-tools/version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
+index 09c8efcf..b9ec798a 100644
+--- a/pkg/version/version.go
++++ b/pkg/version/version.go
+@@ -20,14 +20,12 @@ import (
+ 	"runtime/debug"
+ )
+ 
++var version string
++
+ // Version returns the version of the main module
+ func Version() string {
+-	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+-	if !ok || info == nil || info.Main.Version == "" {
+-		// binary has not been built with module support or doesn't contain a version.
+-		return "(unknown)"
+-	}
+-	return info.Main.Version
++	_ = debug.ReadBuildInfo
++	return version
+ }
+ 
+ // Print prints the main module version on stdout.