diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/light/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/light/default.nix
index 5ca9f69f879..1c44c0d78a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/light/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/light/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, help2man }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.9";
+  version = "1.0";
   name = "light-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/haikarainen/light/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1dnzkkg307izvw76gvzsl2vpxd2a1grxg5h82ix505rb9nnmn0d6";
+    sha256 = "974608ee42ffe85cfd23184306d56d86ec4e6f4b0518bafcb7b3330998b1af64";
   };
+  buildInputs = [ help2man ];
 
   installPhase = "mkdir -p $out/bin; cp light $out/bin/";
 
+  preFixup = "make man; mkdir -p $out/man/man1; mv light.1.gz $out/man/man1";
+
   meta = {
     description = "GNU/Linux application to control backlights";
     homepage = https://haikarainen.github.io/light/;