diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/default.nix
index 5160734e4f89..6b8bcb1fbe94 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildDunePackage, alcotest
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, ocaml, alcotest
 , functoria, mirage-runtime, bos
 , ipaddr, astring, logs, stdlib-shims
 }:
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
     alcotest
   ];
 
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    dune install --prefix=$out --libdir=$dev/lib/ocaml/${ocaml.version}/site-lib/ ${pname}
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
   meta = mirage-runtime.meta // {
     description = "The MirageOS library operating system";
   };