diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/forgejo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/forgejo/default.nix
index 0060dea785dd..5b0c24140107 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/forgejo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/forgejo/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,23 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     owner = "forgejo";
     repo = "forgejo";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-nufhGsibpPrGWpVg75Z6qdzlc1K+p36mMjlS2MtsuAI=";
+    hash = "sha256-eIxITMvb1q4L2lejbmuPPQ8XG5YYjTo+9RosPEJgZ3g=";
+    # Forgejo has multiple different version strings that need to be provided
+    # via ldflags.  main.ForgejoVersion for example is a combination of a
+    # hardcoded gitea compatibility version string (in the Makefile) and
+    # git describe and is easiest to get by invoking the Makefile.
+    # So we do that, store it the src FOD to then extend the ldflags array
+    # in preConfigure.
+    # The `echo -e >> Makefile` is temporary and already part of the next
+    # major release.  Furthermore, the ldflags will change next major release
+    # and need to be updated accordingly.
+    leaveDotGit = true;
+    postFetch = ''
+      cd "$out"
+      echo -e 'show-version-full:\n\t@echo ''${FORGEJO_VERSION}' >> Makefile
+      make show-version-full > FULL_VERSION
+      find "$out" -name .git -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
+    '';
   };
 
   vendorHash = "sha256-+1apPnqbIfp2Nu1ieI2DdHo4gndZObmcq/Td+ZtkILM=";
@@ -76,6 +92,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     "-X 'main.Tags=${lib.concatStringsSep " " tags}'"
   ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export ldflags+=" -X code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/api/forgejo/v1.ForgejoVersion=$(cat FULL_VERSION) -X main.ForgejoVersion=$(cat FULL_VERSION)"
+  '';
+
   preBuild = ''
     go run build/merge-forgejo-locales.go
   '';