diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
index d7814aa5b78..6f9de9d981f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     )
   '';
 
+  installPhase = ''make DESTDIR="$out" MKDIR_P="mkdir -p" install'';
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {