diff --git a/src/tools/replace-version-placeholder/src/main.rs b/src/tools/replace-version-placeholder/src/main.rs
index c2a7c4be64ae..8847437020d0 100644
--- a/src/tools/replace-version-placeholder/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/replace-version-placeholder/src/main.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ fn main() {
             &root_path.join("library"),
             &root_path.join("src/doc/rustc"),
             &root_path.join("src/doc/rustdoc"),
+            &root_path.join("src/tools/clippy"),
         ],
         |path, _is_dir| filter_dirs(path),
         &mut |entry, contents| {