diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
index 166e04149cc8..73cd39568f2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,35 @@
-{ boost, cmake, fetchFromGitLab, ffmpeg, qtbase, qtx11extras,
-  qttools, qtxmlpatterns, qtsvg, gdal, gfortran, libXt, makeWrapper,
-  mkDerivation, ninja, mpi, python3, lib, tbb, libGLU, libGL }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, fetchurl
+, boost, cmake, ffmpeg, qtbase, qtx11extras
+, qttools, qtxmlpatterns, qtsvg, gdal, gfortran, libXt, makeWrapper
+, mkDerivation, ninja, mpi, python3, tbb, libGLU, libGL
+, withDocs ? true
+}:
 
-mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "paraview";
+let
   version = "5.9.1";
+  major = "5.9";
+
+  docFiles = [
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = "https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v${major}&type=data&os=Sources&downloadFile=ParaViewTutorial-${version}.pdf";
+      name = "Tutorial.pdf";
+      sha256 = "1knpirjbz3rv8p8n03p39vv8vi5imvxakjsssqgly09g0cnsikkw";
+    })
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = "https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v${major}&type=data&os=Sources&downloadFile=ParaViewGettingStarted-${version}.pdf";
+      name = "GettingStarted.pdf";
+      sha256 = "14xhlvg7s7d5amqf4qfyamx2a6b66zf4cmlfm3s7iw3jq01x1lx6";
+    })
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = "https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v${major}&type=data&os=Sources&downloadFile=ParaViewCatalystGuide-${version}.pdf";
+      name = "CatalystGuide.pdf";
+      sha256 = "133vcfrbg2nh15igl51ns6gnfn1is20vq6j0rg37wha697pmcr4a";
+    })
+  ];
+
+in mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "paraview";
+  inherit version;
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.kitware.com";
@@ -68,6 +93,14 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     qtsvg
   ];
 
+  postInstall = let docDir = "$out/share/paraview-${major}/doc"; in
+    lib.optionalString withDocs ''
+      mkdir -p ${docDir};
+      for docFile in ${lib.concatStringsSep " " docFiles}; do
+        cp $docFile ${docDir}/$(stripHash $docFile);
+      done;
+    '';
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     (python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ numpy matplotlib mpi4py ]))
   ];
@@ -79,4 +112,5 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ guibert ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
+
 }