diff --git a/modules/programs/bat.nix b/modules/programs/bat.nix
index bf8040d14..5d09145af 100644
--- a/modules/programs/bat.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/bat.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ let
 
   cfg = config.programs.bat;
 
-  package = pkgs.bat;
-
   toConfigFile = attrs:
     let
       inherit (builtins) isBool attrNames;
@@ -52,6 +50,8 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
+    package = mkPackageOption pkgs "bat" { };
+
     themes = mkOption {
       type = types.attrsOf (types.either types.lines (types.submodule {
         options = {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ in {
       ''];
     })
     {
-      home.packages = [ package ] ++ cfg.extraPackages;
+      home.packages = [ cfg.package ] ++ cfg.extraPackages;
 
       xdg.configFile = mkMerge ([({
         "bat/config" =
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ in {
           export XDG_CACHE_HOME=${escapeShellArg config.xdg.cacheHome}
           verboseEcho "Rebuilding bat theme cache"
           cd "${pkgs.emptyDirectory}"
-          run ${lib.getExe package} cache --build
+          run ${lib.getExe cfg.package} cache --build
         )
       '';
     }