diff --git a/pkgs/servers/neard/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/neard/default.nix
index a76f10a262d..995ffc41c60 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/neard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/neard/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig systemd glib dbus libnl pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
   pythonPath = [ pythonPackages.pygobject pythonPackages.dbus pythonPackages.pygtk ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-debug" "--enable-tools" "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$out/lib/systemd/system" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-debug" "--enable-tools" "--enable-ese" "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$out/lib/systemd/system" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     install -m 0755 tools/snep-send $out/bin/
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     install -D -m644 src/neard.service $out/lib/systemd/system/neard.service
     install -D -m644 src/main.conf $out/etc/neard/main.conf
 
+    # INFO: the config option "--enable-test" would copy the apps to $out/lib/neard/test/ instead
     install -d $out/lib/neard
     install -m 0755 test/* $out/lib/neard/
     wrapPythonProgramsIn $out/lib/neard "$out $pythonPath"