diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/fits-cloudctl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/fits-cloudctl/default.nix
index 208107856896..1cc452f6762e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/fits-cloudctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/fits-cloudctl/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "fits-cloudctl";
-  version = "0.12.19";
+  version = "0.12.19"; # also update these 3 vars:
+  gitversion = "tags/v0.12.19-0-g0a0d89a"; # git describe --long --all
+  gitsha = "0a0d89a8";                     # git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD
+  gittime = "2024-05-15T17:34:46+02:00";   # date --iso-8601=seconds
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "fi-ts";
@@ -16,6 +19,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   vendorHash = "sha256-mK10DxDUrEkCdumq6MM6h7B8C8P1hGE466ko3yj1kto=";
 
+  ldflags = [
+    "-X github.com/metal-stack/v.Version=${version}"
+    "-X github.com/metal-stack/v.Revision=${gitversion}"
+    "-X github.com/metal-stack/v.GitSHA1=${gitsha}"
+    "-X github.com/metal-stack/v.BuildDate=${gittime}"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Command-line client for FI-TS Finance Cloud Native services";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fi-ts/cloudctl";