diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tilemaker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tilemaker/default.nix
index cc87c529e34..dd05604501e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/tilemaker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tilemaker/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildPackages, cmake, installShellFiles
-, boost, lua, protobuf, rapidjson, shapelib, sqlite, zlib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, buildPackages, cmake, installShellFiles
+, boost, lua, protobuf, rapidjson, shapelib, sqlite, zlib, testers }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "tilemaker";
   version = "2.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "systemed";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    repo = "tilemaker";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-st6WDCk1RZ2lbfrudtcD+zenntyTMRHrIXw3nX5FHOU=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix build with Boost >= 1.79, remove on next upstream release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/systemed/tilemaker/commit/252e7f2ad8938e38d51783d1596307dcd27ed269.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-YSkhmpzEYk/mxVPSDYdwZclooB3zKRjDPzqamv6Nvyc=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/tilemaker.cpp \
       --replace "config.json" "$out/share/tilemaker/config-openmaptiles.json" \
@@ -25,11 +33,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform)
     "-DPROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE=${buildPackages.protobuf}/bin/protoc";
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-DTM_VERSION=${finalAttrs.version}" ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     installManPage ../docs/man/tilemaker.1
     install -Dm644 ../resources/* -t $out/share/tilemaker
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    command = "tilemaker --help";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Make OpenStreetMap vector tiles without the stack";
     homepage = "https://tilemaker.org/";
@@ -37,4 +52,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sikmir ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
-}
+})