diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.3/default.nix
index 8a08c952bba..7f4e0b60c2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.3/default.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/qtbase/lib:$PWD/qtbase/plugins/platforms:$PWD/qttools/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
     export MAKEFLAGS=-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES
     export configureFlags+="-plugindir $out/lib/qt5/plugins -importdir $out/lib/qt5/imports -qmldir $out/lib/qt5/qml"
+    export configureFlags+=" -docdir $out/share/doc/qt5"
   '';
 
   prefixKey = "-prefix ";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.4/qtbase.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.4/qtbase.nix
index 780f1b60f7c..6ec57787e22 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.4/qtbase.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.4/qtbase.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -i 's/PATHS.*NO_DEFAULT_PATH//' "qtbase/mkspecs/features/data/cmake/Qt5BasicConfig.cmake.in"
 
     export configureFlags+="-plugindir $out/lib/qt5/plugins -importdir $out/lib/qt5/imports -qmldir $out/lib/qt5/qml"
+    export configureFlags+=" -docdir $out/share/doc/qt5"
   '';
 
   prefixKey = "-prefix ";