diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix
index e550f9fdd83..81080386689 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1w502z55vv7zs45l80nsllqh9fvfwjfdfi11xy1qikhzdmirains";
   };
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "contrib" "doc" "info" ];
+
   buildInputs =
     [ pkgconfig perl autoconf automake
       libX11 inputproto libXt libXpm libXft libXtst xextproto libXi
       fontconfig freetype readline ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $contrib/{bin,share}
+    mv $out/bin/rpws $contrib/bin
+    mv $out/share/ratpoison $contrib/share
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/";
     description = "Simple mouse-free tiling window manager";