diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/joe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/joe/default.nix
index 14cfd81586ca..b08f98a054c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/joe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/joe/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl } :
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "joe-4.1";
+  version = "4.1";
+  name = "joe-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/joe-editor/${name}.tar.gz";