diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/unixtools.nix b/pkgs/top-level/unixtools.nix
index 58caab387c5c..4aea1b23e347 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/unixtools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/unixtools.nix
@@ -71,10 +71,17 @@ let
 
   # more is unavailable in darwin
   # so we just use less
-  more_compat = runCommand pkgs.less.name { } ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    ln -s ${pkgs.less}/bin/less $out/bin/more
-  '';
+  more_compat =
+    runCommand pkgs.less.name
+      {
+        passthru = {
+          inherit (pkgs.less) version;
+        };
+      }
+      ''
+        mkdir -p $out/bin
+        ln -s ${pkgs.less}/bin/less $out/bin/more
+      '';
 
   bins = mapAttrs singleBinary {
     # singular binaries