diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8a448df8ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+wafConfigurePhase() {
+    runHook preConfigure
+
+    if ! [ -f ./waf ]; then
+        cp @waf@ waf
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -z "${dontAddPrefix:-}" && -n "$prefix" ]]; then
+        configureFlags="${prefixKey:---prefix=}$prefix $configureFlags"
+    fi
+
+    local flagsArray=(
+        $configureFlags ${configureFlagsArray[@]}
+        ${configureTargets:-configure}
+    )
+    echoCmd 'configure flags' "${flagsArray[@]}"
+    python waf "${flagsArray[@]}"
+
+    runHook postConfigure
+}
+
+wafBuildPhase () {
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    # set to empty if unset
+    : ${wafFlags=}
+
+    local flagsArray=(
+      ${enableParallelBuilding:+-j ${NIX_BUILD_CORES}}
+      $wafFlags ${wafFlagsArray[@]}
+      $buildFlags ${buildFlagsArray[@]}
+      ${buildTargets:-build}
+    )
+
+    echoCmd 'build flags' "${flagsArray[@]}"
+    python waf "${flagsArray[@]}"
+
+    runHook postBuild
+}
+
+wafInstallPhase() {
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    if [ -n "$prefix" ]; then
+        mkdir -p "$prefix"
+    fi
+
+    local flagsArray=(
+        $wafFlags ${wafFlagsArray[@]}
+        $installFlags ${installFlagsArray[@]}
+	${installTargets:-install}
+    )
+
+    echoCmd 'install flags' "${flagsArray[@]}"
+    python waf "${flagsArray[@]}"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+}
+
+configurePhase=wafConfigurePhase
+buildPhase=wafBuildPhase
+installPhase=wafInstallPhase
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ce3766699236..638d76af7608 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6203,6 +6203,10 @@ with pkgs;
   volumeicon = callPackage ../tools/audio/volumeicon { };
 
   waf = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/waf { python = python3; };
+  wafHook = makeSetupHook {
+    deps = [ python ];
+    substitutions = { inherit waf; };
+  } ../development/tools/build-managers/waf/setup-hook.sh;
 
   wakelan = callPackage ../tools/networking/wakelan { };