diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix
index 4ce3c6e84d768..21ddeb2cbfc0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ let
     else builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos "rev" args
   );
   baseUrl = "https://${githubBase}/${owner}/${repo}";
-  newMeta = meta // {
+  newMeta = {
+    changelog = "${baseUrl}/releases/tag/${lib.removePrefix "refs/tags/" rev}";
+  } // meta // {
     homepage = meta.homepage or baseUrl;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (position != null) {
     # to indicate where derivation originates, similar to make-derivation.nix's mkDerivation
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
index 502343f01fb32..27db9c42ddc3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ let
         ]
         ++ optional (hasOutput "man") "man";
     }
+    // attrs.src.meta or { }
     // attrs.meta or { }
     # Fill `meta.position` to identify the source location of the package.
     // optionalAttrs (pos != null) {