diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix
index 8890cd5eb23..9dbb497c8c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, groff, utillinux }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, groff, installShellFiles, utillinux }:
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "hub";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1qjab3dpia1jdlszz3xxix76lqrm4zbmqzd9ymld7h06awzsg2vh";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ groff utillinux ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ groff installShellFiles utillinux ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     cd go/src/${goPackagePath}
-    install -D etc/hub.zsh_completion "$bin/share/zsh/site-functions/_hub"
-    install -D etc/hub.bash_completion.sh "$bin/share/bash-completion/completions/hub"
-    install -D etc/hub.fish_completion  "$bin/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/hub.fish"
+    installShellCompletion --zsh --name _hub etc/hub.zsh_completion
+    installShellCompletion --bash --name hub etc/hub.bash_completion.sh
+    installShellCompletion --fish --name hub.fish etc/hub.fish_completion
 
     LC_ALL=C.UTF8 \
     make man-pages
-    cp -vr --parents share/man/man[1-9]/*.[1-9] $bin/
+    installManPage share/man/man[1-9]/*.[1-9]
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {