diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/default.nix
index 438dec91d47d..4a8c176f5753 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/micro/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
 
-buildGoPackage  rec {
+buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "micro";
   version = "2.0.5";
 
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ buildGoPackage  rec {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+
   subPackages = [ "cmd/micro" ];
 
   buildFlagsArray = let t = "${goPackagePath}/internal/util"; in ''
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ buildGoPackage  rec {
 
   goDeps = ./deps.nix;
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    installManPage $src/assets/packaging/micro.1
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://micro-editor.github.io";
     description = "Modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor";