diff --git a/srcpkgs/passt/template b/srcpkgs/passt/template
index 4827f91506c..484f0a8178a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/passt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/passt/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ revision=1
 _version=${version/./_}
 _version=${_version/./_}
 build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="VERSION=${_version}"
 short_desc="Plug A Simple Socket Transport"
 maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause"