diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/dhall/build-dhall-package.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/dhall/build-dhall-package.nix
index 039c50f0693..9fc9a441215 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/dhall/build-dhall-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/dhall/build-dhall-package.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ in
     ${lib.optionalString (documentationRoot != null) ''
     mkdir -p $out/${dataDhall}
 
-    XDG_DATA_HOME=$out/${data} ${dhall-docs}/bin/dhall-docs --input '${documentationRoot}' --output-link $out/docs
+    XDG_DATA_HOME=$out/${data} ${dhall-docs}/bin/dhall-docs --input '${documentationRoot}' --package-name '${name}' --output-link $out/docs
     ''}
   ''