diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix
index 968544f2790e..a79c16fe695c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/common.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , gst_all_1
 , lib
 , python3Packages
+, sphinxHook
 , runtimeShell
 , writeScript
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   # see: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/56943#issuecomment-1131643663
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gobject-introspection
+    sphinxHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -79,6 +81,9 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     gst-plugins-ugly
   ]);
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "doc" "man" ];
+  sphinxBuilders = [ "html" "man" ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/zsh/site-functions
     cp extra/_beet $out/share/zsh/site-functions/