diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ss/ssm-session-manager-plugin/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ss/ssm-session-manager-plugin/package.nix
index a3be74879368..b50cfbd38ac2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ss/ssm-session-manager-plugin/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ss/ssm-session-manager-plugin/package.nix
@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = true;
   checkFlags = [ "-skip=TestSetSessionHandlers" ];
 
+  # The AWS CLI is expecting the binary name to be 'session-manager-plugin' and
+  # since the outfile is different the following workaround is renaming the binary.
+  postBuild = ''
+    mv $GOPATH/bin/sessionmanagerplugin-main $GOPATH/bin/${meta.mainProgram}
+  '';
+
   preCheck = ''
-    if ! [[ $($GOPATH/bin/sessionmanagerplugin-main --version) = ${lib.escapeShellArg version} ]]; then
+    if ! [[ $($GOPATH/bin/${meta.mainProgram} --version) = ${lib.escapeShellArg version} ]]; then
       echo 'wrong version'
       exit 1
     fi