diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/shfmt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/shfmt/default.nix
index 694b1db58f5f..1d1def43177c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/shfmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/shfmt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles, scdoc }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "shfmt";
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   buildFlagsArray = [ "-ldflags=-s -w -X main.version=${version}" ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles scdoc ];
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    scdoc < cmd/shfmt/shfmt.1.scd > shfmt.1
+    installManPage shfmt.1
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mvdan/sh";
     description = "A shell parser and formatter";