diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix
index 44068644cc6c..09639bd0763d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildGoModule {
     inherit rubyEnv;
   };
 
-  ldflags = "-X ${gitaly_package}/internal/version.version=${version} -X ${gitaly_package}/internal/version.moduleVersion=${version}";
+  ldflags = [ "-X ${gitaly_package}/internal/version.version=${version}" "-X ${gitaly_package}/internal/version.moduleVersion=${version}" ];
 
   tags = [ "static,system_libgit2" ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];