diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix
index 820553270e3b..d09afadd6097 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, baseModules, extraModules, modules, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, baseModules, extraModules, modules, modulesPath, ... }:
 
 with lib;
 
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ let
         scrubbedEval = evalModules {
           modules = [ { nixpkgs.localSystem = config.nixpkgs.localSystem; } ] ++ manualModules;
           args = (config._module.args) // { modules = [ ]; };
-          specialArgs = { pkgs = scrubDerivations "pkgs" pkgs; };
+          specialArgs = {
+            pkgs = scrubDerivations "pkgs" pkgs;
+            inherit modulesPath;
+          };
         };
         scrubDerivations = namePrefix: pkgSet: mapAttrs
           (name: value: