diff --git a/pkgs/games/nethack/default.nix b/pkgs/games/nethack/default.nix
index ce12196d3c36..735065ca18e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/nethack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/nethack/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/games/lib/nethackuserdir
-    for i in logfile perm record save; do
+    for i in xlogfile logfile perm record save; do
       mv $out/games/lib/nethackdir/$i $out/games/lib/nethackuserdir
     done