diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/elf-header/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/elf-header/default.nix
index 48e5b73d9e72..ab8c217dce43 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/elf-header/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/elf-header/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = libc.meta // {
+    outputsToInstall = [ "out" ];
     description = "The datastructures of ELF according to the target platform's libc";
     longDescription = ''
 	  The Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking