diff --git a/modules/email/notmuch/packages.el b/modules/email/notmuch/packages.el
index 1d4030417..4b5c7428e 100644
--- a/modules/email/notmuch/packages.el
+++ b/modules/email/notmuch/packages.el
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 ;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
 ;;; email/notmuch/packages.el
 
-(package! notmuch :pin "63413a5563450bdedee4c077f2f998578e75083a")
+(package! notmuch
+  :recipe (:pre-build
+           (with-temp-file "emacs/notmuch-version.el"
+             (insert-file-contents "emacs/notmuch-version.el.tmpl")
+             (re-search-forward "%VERSION%")
+             (replace-match
+              (format "\"%s+%s~%.7s\""
+                      (with-temp-buffer (insert-file-contents "version.txt")
+                                        (string-trim (buffer-string)))
+                      (save-match-data
+                        (let ((desc (doom-call-process "git" "describe" "--abbrev=7" "--match" "[0-9.]*")))
+                          (if (zerop (car desc))
+                              (car (last (split-string (cdr desc) "-") 2))
+                            "??")))
+                      (cdr (doom-call-process "git" "rev-parse" "HEAD")))
+              t t)))
+  :pin "63413a5563450bdedee4c077f2f998578e75083a")
+
 (when (featurep! +org)
   (package! org-mime :pin "eb21c02ba8f97fe69c14dc657a7883b982664649"))
 (when (featurep! :completion ivy)