diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hoogle.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hoogle.nix
index 65aaaf4dbcaf..3cb1efbce739 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hoogle.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hoogle.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     }
 
     echo importing builtin packages
-    for docdir in ${ghc}/${docLibGlob}/*; do
+    for docdir in ${ghc.doc}/${docLibGlob}/*; do
       name="$(basename $docdir)"
       ${opts isGhcjs ''docdir="$docdir/html"''}
       if [[ -d $docdir ]]; then