diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix
index 4c7df9b12d8b..b3be6c4552dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, python3 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, python3, substituteAll }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wabt";
-  version = "1.0.12";
+  version = "1.0.13";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "WebAssembly";
-    repo   = "wabt";
-    rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "1zlv3740wkqj4mn6sr84h0x6wk2lcp4pwwmqsh5yyqp1j1glbsa0";
+    owner = "WebAssembly";
+    repo = "wabt";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "07x8m5sf4c7zjq1flypycw1d15ylqdp38l81vn961ds089ngvpgg";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./version.patch;
+      inherit version;
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF" ];
   buildInputs = [ python3 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/version.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a49cd0bc1552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 363a5660..ad3300ed 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -68,22 +68,7 @@ endif ()
+ include(CheckTypeSize)
+ check_type_size(ssize_t SSIZE_T)
+ check_type_size(size_t SIZEOF_SIZE_T)
+-
+-FIND_PACKAGE(Git QUIET REQUIRED)
+-EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND
+-        "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" --git-dir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git describe --tags
+-        RESULT_VARIABLE
+-            GIT_HASH_RESULT
+-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE
+-            GIT_HASH
+-        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+-
+-IF(${GIT_HASH_RESULT} EQUAL 0)
+-    SET(WABT_VERSION_INFO "${GIT_HASH}")
+-ELSE()
+-    MESSAGE(WARNING "Error running git describe to determine version")
+-    SET(WABT_VERSION_INFO "(unable to determine version)")
+-ENDIF()
++SET(WABT_VERSION_INFO "@version@")
+ 
+ configure_file(
+   ${WABT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.h.in