diff --git a/.version-determinate b/.version-determinate
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3827e75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.version-determinate
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index e1b4aebb0..ac196ef90 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ in {
         fileset = fileset.intersection baseFiles (fileset.unions ([
           # For configure
           ./.version
+          ./.version-determinate
           ./configure.ac
           ./m4
           # TODO: do we really need README.md? It doesn't seem used in the build.
diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index 59e1e48b7..65d8b661b 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void parseCmdLine(const std::string & programName, const Strings & args,
 
 void printVersion(const std::string & programName)
 {
-    std::cout << fmt("%1% (Determinate Nix) %2%", programName, nixVersion) << std::endl;
+    std::cout << fmt("%s (Determinate Nix %s) %s", programName, determinateNixVersion, nixVersion) << std::endl;
     if (verbosity > lvlInfo) {
         Strings cfg;
 #if HAVE_BOEHMGC
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.cc b/src/libstore/globals.cc
index 439a6f97c..89b79141c 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.cc
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ Path Settings::getDefaultSSLCertFile()
 
 const std::string nixVersion = PACKAGE_VERSION;
 
+const std::string determinateNixVersion = DETERMINATE_NIX_VERSION;
+
 NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(SandboxMode, {
     {SandboxMode::smEnabled, true},
     {SandboxMode::smRelaxed, "relaxed"},
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index 8760c9d14..6c66b5795 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -1247,6 +1247,8 @@ std::vector<Path> getUserConfigFiles();
 
 extern const std::string nixVersion;
 
+extern const std::string determinateNixVersion;
+
 /**
  * @param loadConfig Whether to load configuration from `nix.conf`, `NIX_CONFIG`, etc. May be disabled for unit tests.
  * @note When using libexpr, and/or libmain, This is not sufficient. See initNix().
diff --git a/src/libstore/local.mk b/src/libstore/local.mk
index 5dc8f3370..c138ed0a8 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local.mk
+++ b/src/libstore/local.mk
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ libstore_CXXFLAGS += \
  -DNIX_CONF_DIR=\"$(NIX_ROOT)$(sysconfdir)/nix\" \
  -DNIX_BIN_DIR=\"$(NIX_ROOT)$(bindir)\" \
  -DNIX_MAN_DIR=\"$(NIX_ROOT)$(mandir)\" \
- -DLSOF=\"$(NIX_ROOT)$(lsof)\"
+ -DLSOF=\"$(NIX_ROOT)$(lsof)\" \
+ -DDETERMINATE_NIX_VERSION=\""$(shell cat ./.version-determinate)"\"
 
 ifeq ($(embedded_sandbox_shell),yes)
 libstore_CXXFLAGS += -DSANDBOX_SHELL=\"__embedded_sandbox_shell__\"
diff --git a/src/libstore/meson.build b/src/libstore/meson.build
index 50b15e15d..196400d09 100644
--- a/src/libstore/meson.build
+++ b/src/libstore/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ project('nix-store', 'cpp',
   license : 'LGPL-2.1-or-later',
 )
 
+fs = import('fs')
+
 cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 
 subdir('build-utils-meson/deps-lists')
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ configdata = configuration_data()
 # TODO rename, because it will conflict with downstream projects
 configdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 
+configdata.set_quoted('DETERMINATE_NIX_VERSION', fs.read('./.version-determinate'))
+
 configdata.set_quoted('SYSTEM', host_machine.system())
 
 deps_private_maybe_subproject = [
@@ -320,8 +324,6 @@ else
   subdir('unix')
 endif
 
-fs = import('fs')
-
 prefix = get_option('prefix')
 # For each of these paths, assume that it is relative to the prefix unless
 # it is already an absolute path (which is the default for store-dir, state-dir, and log-dir).