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diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index 8cfe5f3ef2..7b853e781e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(arguments
`(#:configure-flags (list
+
+ ;; Provide channel metadata for 'guix describe'.
+ ;; Don't pass '--with-channel-url' and
+ ;; '--with-channel-introduction' and instead use
+ ;; the defaults.
+ ,(string-append "--with-channel-commit=" commit)
+
"--localstatedir=/var"
"--sysconfdir=/etc"
(string-append "--with-bash-completion-dir="