diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d02a677b1ea..8baee1d2c1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10197,7 +10197,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  emacs24PackagesNg = emacsPackagesNgGen emacs24;
+  emacs24PackagesNg = recurseIntoAttrs (emacsPackagesNgGen emacs24);
 
   inherit (gnome3) empathy;