diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
index 8ff02dfe718..e615fe62700 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ in
       ${optionalString enableNpm ''
         mkdir -p $out/share/bash-completion/completions/
         $out/bin/npm completion > $out/share/bash-completion/completions/npm
+        for dir in "$out/lib/node_modules/npm/man/"*; do
+          mkdir -p $out/share/man/$(basename "$dir")
+          for page in "$dir"/*; do
+            ln -rs $page $out/share/man/$(basename "$dir")
+          done
+        done
       ''}
 
       # install the missing headers for node-gyp