diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix
index 54ef0b274aa8..c80c8f1c9db0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/default.nix
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     extensibleExceptions filepath mtl utf8String X11
   ];
   postInstall = ''
+    shopt -s globstar
     mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
-    mv $out/share/xmonad-*/man/*.1 $out/share/man/man1/
+    mv "$out/"**"/man/"*.1 $out/share/man/man1/
   '';
 
   patches = [