diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/yosys/plugins/ghdl.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/yosys/plugins/ghdl.nix
index 718343f5fb8f3..2ec17f391a99e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/yosys/plugins/ghdl.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/yosys/plugins/ghdl.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "yosys-ghdl";
   # This is not the latest commit, but it's the latest that builds with current stable ghdl 2.0.0
   version = "2022.01.11";
+  plugin = "ghdl";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "ghdl";