diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix
index a15755205ee..0b8b71db7e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   buildDepends = [
     extensibleExceptions filepath mtl utf8String X11
   ];
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
+    mv $out/share/xmonad-*/man/*.1 $out/share/man/man1/
+  '';
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://xmonad.org";
     description = "A tiling window manager";