diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/symlink.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/symlink.nix
index 87bbdbec63142..00b10721fcc9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/symlink.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/symlink.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 }:
 symlinkJoin {
   pname = "nodejs";
-  inherit (nodejs-slim) version passthru meta;
+  inherit (nodejs-slim) version meta;
+  passthru = nodejs-slim.passthru // {
+    src = nodejs-slim.src;
+  };
   paths = [
     nodejs-slim
     nodejs-slim.npm