diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/clickhouse/generic.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/clickhouse/generic.nix
index 4b9b9cfaded9..4616222f3363 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/clickhouse/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/clickhouse/generic.nix
@@ -165,8 +165,17 @@ llvmStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       gitHash = rev;
     in
     ''
-      cat <<'EOF' > cmake/autogenerated_versions.txt
-      SET(VERSION_REVISION 0)
+      # Preserve VERSION_REVISION from the source tree, like ClickHouse CI
+      # does. It identifies the server release line to clients (exposed via
+      # the revision() SQL function)
+      versionRevision=$(sed -n 's/^SET(VERSION_REVISION \([0-9]\{1,\}\))$/\1/p' cmake/autogenerated_versions.txt)
+      if [[ -z "$versionRevision" ]]; then
+        echo "Could not extract VERSION_REVISION from cmake/autogenerated_versions.txt" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+
+      cat <<EOF > cmake/autogenerated_versions.txt
+      SET(VERSION_REVISION $versionRevision)
       SET(VERSION_MAJOR ${major})
       SET(VERSION_MINOR ${minor})
       SET(VERSION_PATCH ${patch})