diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/utils.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/utils.nix
index 436716e0a8c3..90783039a1a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/utils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/utils.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, qemu }:
+{ stdenv, installShellFiles, qemu }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "qemu-utils-${version}";
   version = qemu.version;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
   buildInputs = [ qemu ];
   unpackPhase = "true";
 
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp "${qemu}/bin/qemu-img" "$out/bin/qemu-img"
     cp "${qemu}/bin/qemu-io"  "$out/bin/qemu-io"
     cp "${qemu}/bin/qemu-nbd" "$out/bin/qemu-nbd"
+
+    installManPage ${qemu}/share/man/man1/qemu-img.1.gz
+    installManPage ${qemu}/share/man/man8/qemu-nbd.8.gz
   '';
 
   inherit (qemu) meta;