diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix
index 8e1f8dd4722..7971d7a8b23 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rm "bin/"*.bat
     mv * $out
 
+    # put docs in correct subdirectory
+    mkdir -p $out/share/doc
+    mv $out/doc $out/share/doc/scala
+
     for p in $(ls $out/bin/) ; do
       wrapProgram $out/bin/$p \
         --prefix PATH ":" ${coreutils}/bin \