diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailscale-nginx-auth/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailscale-nginx-auth/package.nix
index bb572cb84797..455374e03de8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailscale-nginx-auth/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailscale-nginx-auth/package.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@
 
 buildGoModule {
   pname = "tailscale-nginx-auth";
-  inherit (tailscale) version src vendorHash ldflags;
+  inherit (tailscale) version src vendorHash;
 
   CGO_ENABLED = 0;
 
   subPackages = [ "cmd/nginx-auth" ];
 
+  ldflags = [
+    "-w"
+    "-s"
+    "-X tailscale.com/version.longStamp=${tailscale.version}"
+    "-X tailscale.com/version.shortStamp=${tailscale.version}"
+  ];
+
   postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     mv $out/bin/nginx-auth $out/bin/tailscale.nginx-auth
     sed -i -e "s#/usr/sbin#$out/bin#" ./cmd/nginx-auth/tailscale.nginx-auth.service
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/tailscale/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/tailscale/default.nix
index 9eb168751fa8..de407fb44325 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/tailscale/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/tailscale/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 , procps
 , nixosTests
 , installShellFiles
+, tailscale-nginx-auth
 }:
 
 let
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ buildGoModule {
 
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit (nixosTests) headscale;
+    inherit tailscale-nginx-auth;
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {