diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
index d23940dda94..4e9edbde33a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    for i in script/* 
-    do 
+    configureFlags="--mandir=$out/share/man"
+    for i in "script/"*; do
      substituteInPlace $i --replace "/usr/bin/env python" "${python}/bin/python"
     done
   '';