diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index 5ba70129b1bc..482d43bafaab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   dontUseMesonConfigure = true; # meson's configurePhase isn't compatible with qemu build
   dontAddStaticConfigureFlags = true;
 
-  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optional guestAgentSupport "ga";
+  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optional enableDocs "doc" ++ lib.optional guestAgentSupport "ga";
   # On aarch64-linux we would shoot over the Hydra's 2G output limit.
   separateDebugInfo = !(stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux);