diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/nvidia-docker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/nvidia-docker/default.nix
index 6dfe3fb874e0..3f75e36ccae6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/nvidia-docker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/nvidia-docker/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildPhase = ''
     mkdir bin
+
     cp nvidia-docker bin
+    substituteInPlace bin/nvidia-docker --subst-var-by VERSION ${version}
+
     cp ${libnvidia-container}/bin/nvidia-container-cli bin
     cp ${nvidia-container-toolkit}/bin/nvidia-container-{toolkit,runtime-hook} bin
     cp ${nvidia-container-runtime}/bin/nvidia-container-runtime bin