diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/stumpwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/stumpwm/default.nix
index 7fe28b1678a..57f254b26b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/stumpwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/stumpwm/default.nix
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  '';
 
  configurePhase = ''
-   ./configure --prefix=$out --with-contrib-dir=${pkgs.stumpwmContrib}/contrib
+   ./configure --prefix=$out --with-contrib-dir=${stumpwmContrib}/contrib
  '';
 
  installPhase = ''
    make
    make install
+   # STUMPWM_CONTRIB_DIR is not actually used. We just set it so that
+   # stumpwmContrib gets retained as a runtime dependency because for
+   # some reason $out/bin/stumpwm does not contain a reference to it.
+   wrapProgram $out/bin/stumpwm --set STUMPWM_CONTRIB_DIR "${stumpwmContrib}/contrib"
  '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5e57107484a..e1154b5b167 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10458,8 +10458,9 @@ let
 
   stp = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/stp {};
 
-  stumpwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/stumpwm {};
-  stumpwmContrib = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/stumpwm/contrib.nix {};
+  stumpwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/stumpwm {
+    stumpwmContrib = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/stumpwm/contrib.nix { };
+  };
 
   sublime = callPackage ../applications/editors/sublime { };