diff --git a/openshift/patches/200-kn-event-buildflags.patch b/openshift/patches/200-kn-event-buildflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5da0b9205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/patches/200-kn-event-buildflags.patch
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+diff --git a/hack/build.sh.d/kn-plugin-event.sh b/hack/build.sh.d/kn-plugin-event.sh
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..c87c3fd44
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/hack/build.sh.d/kn-plugin-event.sh
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++#!/usr/bin/env bash
++
++knEventVersion="$(grep 'knative.dev/kn-plugin-event ' "$(basedir)/go.mod" \
++  | head -n 1 \
++  | sed -sE 's/.* (v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*)/\1/')"
++knEventRelease="${knEventVersion%.*}"
++knEventRelease="${knEventRelease#v}"
++readonly upstream_sender_image="registry.ci.openshift.org/knative/release-${knEventRelease}:client-plugin-event-sender"
++readonly sender_image="${KN_PLUGIN_EVENT_SENDER_IMAGE:-${upstream_sender_image}}"
++export EXTERNAL_LD_FLAGS="${EXTERNAL_LD_FLAGS:-} \
++-X knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/metadata.Image=${sender_image} \
++-X knative.dev/kn-plugin-event/pkg/metadata.Version=${knEventVersion}"