diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sl/slowlorust/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slowlorust/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d3ced6d29ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slowlorust/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  darwin,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  rustPlatform,
+  versionCheckHook,
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "slowlorust";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "MJVL";
+    repo = "slowlorust";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-c4NWkQ/QvlUo1YoV2s7rWB6wQskAP5Qp1WVM23wvV3c=";
+  };
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-Wu1mm+yJw2SddddxC5NfnMWLr+dplnRxH3AJ1/mTAKM=";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # https://github.com/MJVL/slowlorust/issues/2
+    substituteInPlace src/main.rs \
+      --replace-fail 'version = "1.0"' 'version = "${version}"'
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security ];
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Lightweight slowloris (HTTP DoS) tool";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/MJVL/slowlorust";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/MJVL/slowlorust/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+    mainProgram = "slowlorust";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/slowlorust/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/slowlorust/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d5e924d10272..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/slowlorust/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, rustPlatform
-, Security
-}:
-
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  pname = "slowlorust";
-  version = "0.1.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "MJVL";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-c4NWkQ/QvlUo1YoV2s7rWB6wQskAP5Qp1WVM23wvV3c=";
-  };
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-Wu1mm+yJw2SddddxC5NfnMWLr+dplnRxH3AJ1/mTAKM=";
-
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    Security
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Lightweight slowloris (HTTP DoS) tool";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/MJVL/slowlorust";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
-    mainProgram = "slowlorust";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 37084b9cf748..e70b546b1942 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5230,10 +5230,6 @@ with pkgs;
     ocamlPackages = ocaml-ng.ocamlPackages_4_12;
   };
 
-  slowlorust = callPackage ../tools/networking/slowlorust {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
-  };
-
   slstatus = callPackage ../applications/misc/slstatus {
     conf = config.slstatus.conf or null;
   };