diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/local.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/local.nix
index 20816d3b2f9..337cd4c8154 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/local.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hoogle/local.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: rec {
 
     for i in $docPackages; do
         import_dbs $i/share/doc
-        ln -sf $i/share/doc/* $out/share/hoogle/doc
+        ln -sf $i/share/doc/*-ghc-*/* $out/share/hoogle/doc 2> /dev/null \
+            || ln -sf $i/share/doc/* $out/share/hoogle/doc
     done
 
     import_dbs ${self.ghc}/share/doc/ghc*/html/libraries